Hi. I wish to create a webpage to allow to access to the console of my Xen virtual machines in case of problems with the SSH server or some other network related problems. Some ISP do this, but I didn''t understand how they make it. Could you help me and tell me some ideas, please? Thank you very much! Bye. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
shacky wrote:> Hi. > > I wish to create a webpage to allow to access to the console of my Xen > virtual machines in case of problems with the SSH server or some other > network related problems. > Some ISP do this, but I didn''t understand how they make it. > > Could you help me and tell me some ideas, please? > > Thank you very much! > Bye.Do you need console, or SSH access? Console could be SSL tunneled to the VNC Java based access port. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
2007/7/21, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@gmail.com>:> > Do you need console, or SSH access?I need SSH access to the domUs if their network interfaces or their SSH server doesn''t work. I need to have a web page that lets the customers to connect to their virtual machines if there is a problem that doesn''t let them to access by SSH using the public IP address of the VM (for example a wrong iptables configuration that blocks the port 22. In practise, i need a web interface that uses the "xm console" command of Xen. Thank you very much! Bye. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
shacky wrote:> 2007/7/21, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@gmail.com > <mailto:nkadel@gmail.com>>: > > Do you need console, or SSH access? > > > I need SSH access to the domUs if their network interfaces or their > SSH server doesn''t work. > I need to have a web page that lets the customers to connect to their > virtual machines if there is a problem that doesn''t let them to access > by SSH using the public IP address of the VM (for example a wrong > iptables configuration that blocks the port 22. > In practise, i need a web interface that uses the "xm console" command > of Xen. > > Thank you very much! > Bye.Got it. Doing so securely for individual customers rather than in general is..... awkward. Do you have a budget? RedHat''s Satellite Network tools are supposed to provide this on a client allocatable basis, but they''re flipping expensive. (7000 pounds for the server, plus 100 pounds for each client, or let them run the server but still 100 pounds for each client.) You can also talk to Xensource: I''ve sought decent clients for similar such access, but what I''ve found open source has been like Nagios management gui''s: a lot of unfinished "great ideas" and abondonware. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
shacky wrote:> I need SSH access to the domUs if their network interfaces or their SSH > server doesn''t work. > I need to have a web page that lets the customers to connect to their > virtual machines if there is a problem that doesn''t let them to access > by SSH using the public IP address of the VM (for example a wrong > iptables configuration that blocks the port 22. > In practise, i need a web interface that uses the "xm console" command > of Xen.It''s much easier to setup ssh to the host box with special accounts locked down with ''xm console'' as their shell, rather than trying to get web access to do this. The host I use for offsite stuff does this & it''s really handy if the server dies for some reason. Tony _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sun Jul 22, 2007 at 12:39:08 +0100, Tony Hoyle wrote:> It''s much easier to setup ssh to the host box with special accounts locked down > with ''xm console'' as their shell, rather than trying to get web access to do > this.Agreed. I''d suggest the use of this xen-shell which I put together: http://xen-tools.org/software/xen-shell It allows console access, rebooting, etc, all running under GNU Screen. Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administration.org/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users