Arbin, This could be done. Here is one way I can suggest that can be done without any modification to the current code base. You would need to write a small app that would interact with the VCL XML RPC API. The app would need to prompt users for their VCL credentials, which it would need to cache in RAM. Then, it would get a list of the environments the user had access to. The user could then select which environment was desired. The app would then make the reservation, wait for it to be ready, and then connect to it. This would be best done under linux where rdesktop could be used which allows for passing the RDP password via the command line. The biggest problem I see with this method is the API doesn't currently provide a way to get an estimated load time for a given image. So, the user wouldn't have any way to know if the selected image was preloaded or if it was going to take 20 minutes to load. Adding this capability wouldn't take much work, but it just isn't currently there.
I wrote an app that does some of this a few years ago. It is in python/tk and is more of the "icon on the desktop" concept. I can try to dig it up if you're really ready to pursue this. Josh On Tuesday January 17, 2012 11:24:12 AM Sanders, Arbin D wrote: > Josh, > > I am wanting to change our labs PCs into thin clients. During this economic > time, I am looking at other alternatives to keep our old machines running. > It would be great to incorporate this into VCL. Any suggestions? > > Arbin Darren Sanders > > Information Technology Manager - Academic Computing > > Information Technology Services > North Carolina Central University > 712 Cecil Street > Suite 3033 > Durham, NC 27707 > 919.530.6307 > 919.530.5097 (Fax) > > Want to know more about me…Click Here > > For the Latest ITS Updates and Tips Join Us Online > > CONFIDENTIALITY: This email (including any attachments) may contain > confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized > disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this email in error, > please notify the sender and delete this email from your system. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Thompson [mailto:josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:37 AM > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: VCL & Thin Clients > > Arbin, > > Can you explain in more detail what you are asking about? I'm not following > what you want to do. > > Josh > > On Monday January 16, 2012 7:10:05 PM Sanders, Arbin D wrote: > > Hello, I am wondering if anyone has successfully booted VCL via PXE > > boot to an thin client? > > > > Arbin Darren Sanders > > > > Information Technology Manager - Academic Computing > > > > Information Technology Services > > North Carolina Central University > > 712 Cecil Street > > Suite 3033 > > Durham, NC 27707 > > 919.530.6307 > > 919.530.5097 (Fax) > > > > Want to know more about me…Click Here<http://about.me/arbindsanders> > > > > For the Latest ITS Updates and Tips Join Us Online > > > > [cid:BC1F2A78-E097-4DA7-8C76-43EDFF3199B1] > > > > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/NCCU-Eagle-Technical-Assistance-Center-ET > > AC/ 249508718552?ref=ts> [cid:2DD8F9C9-0282-4CD6-AC2B-77C52CBC0662] > > <http://twitter.com/NCCUETAC> CONFIDENTIALITY: This email (including > > any > > attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged > > information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you > > received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this > > email from your system. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud > > service. > > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > -- > ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > Systems Programmer > Advanced Computing | VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu > 919-515-5323 > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are > sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records > Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ -- ------------------------------- Josh Thompson Systems Programmer Advanced Computing | VCL Developer North Carolina State University josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu 919-515-5323 my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
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