Discussion:
Desktop as a service
Tilak Raj Singh
2014-12-06 07:08:57 UTC
Permalink
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?

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.

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.

Regards
John Kinsella
2014-12-09 00:13:00 UTC
Permalink
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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 y
Tilak Raj Singh
2014-12-09 19:37:55 UTC
Permalink
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual machines
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load balancing
and
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
John Kinsella
2014-12-10 16:09:58 UTC
Permalink
I don’t know of a good OSS alternative to XenDesktop. From what I’ve seen on Cantivo’s site, no source was released and what was released hasn’t had an update in a few years. VCL I think of more for lab management than virtualized desktop orchestration. Spice itself looks like it has potential, but i haven’t looked deep enough to see how ready-to-go it is, maybe somebody else can chime in. I’m not aware of anybody working on Spice/ACS integration, yet.

John
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual machines
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load balancing
and
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope my doubt is
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do
Nux!
2014-12-10 16:22:58 UTC
Permalink
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 -----
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual machines
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load balancing
and
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Ignazio Cassano
2014-12-10 18:04:50 UTC
Permalink
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
Post by Nux!
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 -----
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Hello Everybody,
I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the topic
here. I
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) using
cloudstack. I browsed the net and found that openstack has the
capabilities
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
if cloudstack does not have that capability then is there some
alternative
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to this?
Hi and welcome! CloudStack can be used with Citrix XenDesktop and
XenApp
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the XenDesktop
install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual machines
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load balancing
and
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Now
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual Desktop
the
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to share the
load
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope my doubt
is
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :)
John
gibbon team
2014-12-11 12:22:13 UTC
Permalink
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 <
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
Post by Nux!
Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with
"on-VM"
Post by Nux!
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 -----
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
Post by Nux!
some
open source alternative to this..Is there something else
available for
Post by Nux!
such
tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux...
I found a few alternatives like spice (http://www.spice-space.org/
),
Post by Nux!
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
Post by Nux!
can someone please guide me how to do that?
Regards
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Hello Everybody,
I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the
topic
Post by Nux!
here. I
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
using
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
cloudstack. I browsed the net and found that openstack has the
capabilities
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to setup this feature. Does cloudstack can be used to deploy
such a
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
service? If yes some links for the same would be highly
appreciated.
Post by Nux!
Also
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
if cloudstack does not have that capability then is there some
alternative
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to this?
Hi and welcome! CloudStack can be used with Citrix XenDesktop and
XenApp
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the XenDesktop
install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual
machines
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load
balancing
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
and
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler
load
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
balancers or XenServer virtualization.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several
users on
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual
machines.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Now
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual
Desktop
Post by Nux!
the
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to
share the
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope
my doubt
Post by Nux!
is
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :)
John
sergio tonani
2014-12-11 09:14:47 UTC
Permalink
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 <
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
Post by Nux!
Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with
"on-VM"
Post by Nux!
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 -----
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
Post by Nux!
some
open source alternative to this..Is there something else
available for
Post by Nux!
such
tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux...
I found a few alternatives like spice (http://www.spice-space.org/
),
Post by Nux!
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
Post by Nux!
can someone please guide me how to do that?
Regards
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Hello Everybody,
I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the
topic
Post by Nux!
here. I
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
using
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
cloudstack. I browsed the net and found that openstack has the
capabilities
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to setup this feature. Does cloudstack can be used to deploy
such a
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
service? If yes some links for the same would be highly
appreciated.
Post by Nux!
Also
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
if cloudstack does not have that capability then is there some
alternative
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to this?
Hi and welcome! CloudStack can be used with Citrix XenDesktop and
XenApp
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the XenDesktop
install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual
machines
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load
balancing
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
and
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler
load
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
balancers or XenServer virtualization.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several
users on
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual
machines.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Now
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual
Desktop
Post by Nux!
the
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to
share the
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope
my doubt
Post by Nux!
is
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :)
John
Tilak Raj Singh
2014-12-15 00:17:48 UTC
Permalink
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
Post by gibbon team
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 <
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
Post by Nux!
Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with
"on-VM"
Post by Nux!
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 -----
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
Post by Nux!
some
open source alternative to this..Is there something else
available for
Post by Nux!
such
tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux...
I found a few alternatives like spice (
http://www.spice-space.org/
),
Post by Nux!
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
Post by Nux!
can someone please guide me how to do that?
Regards
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Tilak Raj Singh <
Hello Everybody,
I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the
topic
Post by Nux!
here. I
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
using
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
service? If yes some links for the same would be highly
appreciated.
Post by Nux!
Also
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
XenApp
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the
XenDesktop
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack)
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual
machines
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load
balancing
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
and
I guess its regarding this only.
If you mean for VDI, XenDesktop can manage this once connected
to
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
CloudStack. If you mean outside of that setup, the phrase you’re
looking
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler
load
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
balancers or XenServer virtualization.
The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several
users on
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual
machines.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Now
when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual
Desktop
Post by Nux!
the
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to
share the
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope
my doubt
Post by Nux!
is
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :)
John
abhisek basu
2014-12-15 00:35:59 UTC
Permalink
Citrix Xen Desktop can be integrated with Citrix Cloud Platform (which is based on Cloud Stack).

Sent from my iPhone
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by gibbon team
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 <
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
Post by Nux!
Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with
"on-VM"
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softare such RDP for Windows and X2GO/NX for Linux.
HTH
Lucian
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----- Original Message -----
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
Post by Nux!
some
open source alternative to this..Is there something else
available for
Post by Nux!
such
tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux...
I found a few alternatives like spice (
http://www.spice-space.org/
),
Post by Nux!
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
Post by Nux!
can someone please guide me how to do that?
Regards
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Tilak Raj Singh <
Hello Everybody,
I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the
topic
Post by Nux!
here. I
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
using
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
service? If yes some links for the same would be highly
appreciated.
Post by Nux!
Also
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
XenApp
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the
XenDesktop
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack)
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual
machines
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load
balancing
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
and
I guess its regarding this only.
If you mean for VDI, XenDesktop can manage this once connected
to
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
CloudStack. If you mean outside of that setup, the phrase you’re
looking
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler
load
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
balancers or XenServer virtualization.
The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several
users on
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual
machines.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Now
when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual
Desktop
Post by Nux!
the
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to
share the
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope
my doubt
Post by Nux!
is
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :)
Jo
Tilak Raj Singh
2014-12-15 00:59:19 UTC
Permalink
@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??
Post by abhisek basu
Citrix Xen Desktop can be integrated with Citrix Cloud Platform (which is
based on Cloud Stack).
Sent from my iPhone
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by gibbon team
Hello
we are working on a solution to deploy virtual desktops (and servers
too)
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by gibbon team
using cloudstack and a front end portal developed in python by our
team. We
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by gibbon team
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
_________________________________________________________________________
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Post by gibbon team
Il 10 dicembre 2014 alle 19.04 Ignazio Cassano <
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
Post by Nux!
Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with
"on-VM"
Post by Nux!
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 -----
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
Post by Nux!
some
open source alternative to this..Is there something else
available for
Post by Nux!
such
tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux...
I found a few alternatives like spice (
http://www.spice-space.org/
),
Post by Nux!
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
Post by Nux!
can someone please guide me how to do that?
Regards
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Tilak Raj Singh <
Hello Everybody,
I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the
topic
Post by Nux!
here. I
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
using
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
service? If yes some links for the same would be highly
appreciated.
Post by Nux!
Also
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
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
Post by Nux!
XenApp
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the
XenDesktop
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack)
Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual
machines
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load
balancing
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
and
I guess its regarding this only.
If you mean for VDI, XenDesktop can manage this once connected
to
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
CloudStack. If you mean outside of that setup, the phrase you’re
looking
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler
load
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
balancers or XenServer virtualization.
The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several
users on
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual
machines.
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
Now
when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual
Desktop
Post by Nux!
the
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to
share the
Post by Nux!
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
load
of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope
my doubt
Post by Nux!
is
Post by Tilak Raj Singh
clear.
Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :)
John
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