Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?
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KVM-VDI is also capable to use SPICE HTML5 (derived form eyeOS SPICE HTML5 client, which supports protocol compression and is much faster, than native HTML5 client).
Though standalone SPICE client is better for thin clients - you can have a USB device redirection and also even faster graphics. This has some limitations, - standalone SPICE client is usable only inside hypervisor network, so it can't be used from any network location. This is when HTML5 client comes in handy.
This diagram shows basic KVM-VDI structure:
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@Seitan -- Does KVM VDI work with Windows as well as Linux for the VDI VMs?
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Yes it does. Since virtualization is based on qemu-kvm there is no limitation on what type of VM OS you will use.
SSO is tested and works with Windows up from Vista (Vista/7/8/10 etc. - I will not make support for XP and lower, since it's really outdated OSes) and all Linux distributions with GDM3 desktop manager. -
PC-BSD with Lumina!
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@scottalanmiller Basically, if you can get Lumina to be run from GDM3 manager, you are good to go. If not, you will be provided with PC-BSD VDI anyway, but you will be skipped with SSO though, - so you will have to enter your password to OS login screen.
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@Seitan said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@scottalanmiller Basically, if you can get Lumina to be run from GDM3 manager, you are good to go. If not, you will be provided with PC-BSD VDI anyway, but you will be skipped with SSO though, - so you will have to enter your password to OS login screen.
Cool, that's not bad at all.
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Some more update on KVM-VDI. A quick demo on basic functions:
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@Seitan Thanks for posting that! I got a system at home I could tinker with for that.
Does KVM-VDI have an easy-ish way to pass through NVIDIA cards to Windows VMs?
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@dafyre No, it is mainly used for connecting thin clients over SPICE, or web browsers via HTML5 SPICE.
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@Seitan Thanks for the heads up! I am assuming that KVM-VDI can be used to run regular VMs that are not going to be used for VDI as well?
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@dafyre said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@Seitan Thanks for the heads up! I am assuming that KVM-VDI can be used to run regular VMs that are not going to be used for VDI as well?
Do you mean just getting to see the console?
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@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@dafyre said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@Seitan Thanks for the heads up! I am assuming that KVM-VDI can be used to run regular VMs that are not going to be used for VDI as well?
Do you mean just getting to see the console?
Or use KVM-VDI instead of a regular KVM server.
Edit: I like the looks of the KVM-VDI interface more-so than the Webvirtmanager that I'm using now.
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@dafyre said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@dafyre said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@Seitan Thanks for the heads up! I am assuming that KVM-VDI can be used to run regular VMs that are not going to be used for VDI as well?
Do you mean just getting to see the console?
Or use KVM-VDI instead of a regular KVM server.
Edit: I like the looks of the KVM-VDI interface more-so than the Webvirtmanager that I'm using now.
Did you set that up with the tunnel like they recommend or did you use NGINX?
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@stacksofplates said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@dafyre said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@dafyre said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@Seitan Thanks for the heads up! I am assuming that KVM-VDI can be used to run regular VMs that are not going to be used for VDI as well?
Do you mean just getting to see the console?
Or use KVM-VDI instead of a regular KVM server.
Edit: I like the looks of the KVM-VDI interface more-so than the Webvirtmanager that I'm using now.
Did you set that up with the tunnel like they recommend or did you use NGINX?
I've got it hidden behind ZT so technically, a Tunnel.
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@dafyre yes, you can create regular machines - they are called "simple machines". But still KVM-VDI is more vdi oriented.
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@Seitan said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@dafyre yes, you can create regular machines - they are called "simple machines". But still KVM-VDI is more vdi oriented.
Since the KVM market lacks a good, solid, standard GUI management option like XenServer has in XenOrchestra, that might be a spot that KVM-VDI makes more sense than you might think at first glance.
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@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@Seitan said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:
@dafyre yes, you can create regular machines - they are called "simple machines". But still KVM-VDI is more vdi oriented.
Since the KVM market lacks a good, solid, standard GUI management option like XenServer has in XenOrchestra, that might be a spot that KVM-VDI makes more sense than you might think at first glance.
That is why I was asking. I've got WebVirtmgr on my hosted system and it's... okay. It does the job, at least.
