@Abhisek..I want an open source service which can be used for both ..Xen Desktop is paid one... @sergio tonani : can i get a link to the service you guys are creating and have a look at it??
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:05 AM, abhisek basu <abhisekb...@msn.com> wrote: > > Citrix Xen Desktop can be integrated with Citrix Cloud Platform (which is > based on Cloud Stack). > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 15 Dec 2014, at 5:49 am, "Tilak Raj Singh" <tila...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone... > > > > I just found an open source web application called Guacamole ( > > http://guac-dev.org/) which can be used to share rdp and vnc connections > > over a webbrowser..the user connections can be provided using xml or > > ldap....I was thinking about using it to create a service for cloudstack > > VDI. Like creating a template and running the service on multiple VMs and > > using a load balancer for the incoming requests and providing virtual > > desktops. > > I think this might be a feasible solution for cloudstack VDI support. Can > > somebody please give me or share views about the idea here?? > > > > Regards > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:44 PM, sergio tonani <sergio.ton...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hello > >> we are working on a solution to deploy virtual desktops (and servers > too) > >> using cloudstack and a front end portal developed in python by our > team. We > >> have customized the kvm agent to support spice. In future we want also > >> support rdp and other protocols like x2go. > >> The solution will be available with open source license in spring 2015. > >> > >> > >> > >> We will make a point of keeping you up to date > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> > >>>> Il 10 dicembre 2014 alle 19.04 Ignazio Cassano < > >> ignaziocass...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> > >> > >> > >>>> Hi, if you do not want to modify acs to add spice support you could > >> use > >> > >>>> ovirt : it is not a desktop as a service platform but it let you to > >> add > >> > >>>> some user permissions and it supports spice. > >> > >>>> Regards > >> > >> > >>>> Ignazio > >> > >>>> Il giorno 10/dic/2014 17:29, "Nux!" <n...@li.nux.ro> ha scritto: > >> > >> > >>>>> Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with > >> "on-VM" > >> > >>>>> softare such RDP for Windows and X2GO/NX for Linux. > >> > >> > >>>>> HTH > >> > >>>>> Lucian > >> > >> > >>>>> -- > >> > >>>>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > >> > >> > >>>>> Nux! > >> > >>>>> www.nux.ro > >> > >> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >>>>>> From: "Tilak Raj Singh" <tila...@gmail.com> > >> > >>>>>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > >> > >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 December, 2014 19:37:55 > >> > >>>>>> Subject: Re: Desktop as a service > >> > >> > >>>>>> Hello John, > >> > >> > >>>>>> Thanks for your reply. Have looked at XenDesktop but I am looking > >> for > >> > >>>>> some > >> > >>>>>> open source alternative to this..Is there something else > >> available for > >> > >>>>> such > >> > >>>>>> tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux... > >> > >>>>>> I found a few alternatives like spice ( > >> http://www.spice-space.org/ > >> ), > >> > >>>>> apache > >> > >>>>>> VCL (http://vcl.apache.org/) and cantivo (http://cantivo.org/) > >> > >>>>>> I wished to know if any of these an be used with cloudstack? If > >> yes then > >> > >>>>>> can someone please guide me how to do that? > >> > >> > >>>>>> Regards > >> > >> > >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:43 AM, John Kinsella <j...@stratosec.co> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>>>>>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Tilak Raj Singh < > >> tila...@gmail.com > >> > >>>>> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>>>>> Hello Everybody, > >> > >> > >>>>>>>> I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the > >> topic > >> > >>>>> here. I > >> > >>>>>>>> wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) > >> using > >> > >>>>>>>> cloudstack. I browsed the net and found that openstack has the > >> > >>>>>>> capabilities > >> > >>>>>>>> to setup this feature. Does cloudstack can be used to deploy > >> such a > >> > >>>>>>>> service? If yes some links for the same would be highly > >> appreciated. > >> > >>>>> Also > >> > >>>>>>>> if cloudstack does not have that capability then is there some > >> > >>>>>>> alternative > >> > >>>>>>>> to this? > >> > >> > >>>>>>> Hi and welcome! CloudStack can be used with Citrix XenDesktop > >> and > >> > >>>>> XenApp > >> > >>>>>>> to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the > >> XenDesktop > >> > >>>>>>> install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack) > >> > >> > >>>>>>>> Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual > >> machines > >> > >>>>>>>> automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load > >> balancing > >> > >>>>>>> and > >> > >>>>>>>> I guess its regarding this only. > >> > >> > >>>>>>> If you mean for VDI, XenDesktop can manage this once connected > >> to > >> > >>>>>>> CloudStack. If you mean outside of that setup, the phrase you’re > >> looking > >> > >>>>>>> for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler > >> load > >> > >>>>>>> balancers or XenServer virtualization. > >> > >> > >>>>>>>> The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several > >> users on > >> > >>>>>>>> demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual > >> > >>>>> machines. > >> > >>>>>>> Now > >> > >>>>>>>> when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual > >> Desktop > >> > >>>>> the > >> > >>>>>>>> load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to > >> share the > >> > >>>>>>> load > >> > >>>>>>>> of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope > >> my doubt > >> > >>>>> is > >> > >>>>>>>> clear. > >> > >> > >>>>>>> Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :) > >> > >> > >>>>>>> John > >> > >> >
