Howdy!!

I figured I'd drop this here for anyone who is looking for a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, not the disk one, stupid acronyms) solution that isn't cloud-based or costs an absurd amount. I know that there is a small interest from posts like this, and maybe other victims of Broadcom's (and Omnissa's by extension) pricing will stumble here as well .

I am labeling XBroker as "Virtual Desktop Session (VDS)" as to not collide with Xen's "VDI". Please be gentle with the feedback! This is only my second Python "program" I've ever written, so I'm sure best practice has not been followed .

@fatek One primary domain controller is replicated to an off-site location using the "Continuous Replication" feature every hour using snapshot mode "with memory". The "Full Backup" interval is set to 6. This guide is followed for most of the infrastructure.

However, other LDAP servers are used for authentication and source(s) of truth, so it's a bit more complicated.

@nathanael-h Dang, do any of you sleep?! This is pretty much what I need, and would actually significantly improve what I'm building! Will wait_for_ip be included? As well as the rest of the Terraform logic?

But as you're building a Python script you could implements there the same logic: define a variable for your expected cidr, and poll the IP of the VM until it matches.

Duhh, Why didn't I think of that . Thanks for the help!!

That's what it was. For whatever reason, ubuntu defaults to installing these versions for node and npm respectively:
v12.22.9
8.5.1

Following the steps here fixed it. As always, thanks!!

@msupport Right! I'm sure it's a great product, the goal for this is to have no licenses, unlimited users, ported for several hypervisors. It's just a pet project I've wanted to do since I started in IT, and if other people besides me can use it, great! I know one of my employers may work on making it a polished project if the Omnissa renewal is too expensive. And if I can build it, why pay for it? I might not be a programmer by trade, but there's no reason I can't learn and ask around for help!

@msupport I've seen it before, but is it free and open source? I've tried figuring out how to install OpenUDS, but couldn't find the docs However, it's been a while

@ilu I don't see why you couldn't. The hardware is definitely dated, but it's not like you're trying this on a Pentium II

@olivierlambert Looks like it would arrive April 14th:

https://www.dell.com/fr-fr/shop/intel-flex-140-pcie-75-w-12go-passif-unique-wide-profil-bas-gpu-installation-par-le-client/apd/490-biio/cartes-graphiques

@Honold This may not be a "you" issue. Obviously you're using EID and not Google, but the behavior appears to be the same.

I'll set this up in my own environment when I have time and try it out.

Howdy!!

I figured I'd drop this here for anyone who is looking for a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, not the disk one, stupid acronyms) solution that isn't cloud-based or costs an absurd amount. I know that there is a small interest from posts like this, and maybe other victims of Broadcom's (and Omnissa's by extension) pricing will stumble here as well .

I am labeling XBroker as "Virtual Desktop Session (VDS)" as to not collide with Xen's "VDI". Please be gentle with the feedback! This is only my second Python "program" I've ever written, so I'm sure best practice has not been followed .

@nathanael-h Dang, do any of you sleep?! This is pretty much what I need, and would actually significantly improve what I'm building! Will wait_for_ip be included? As well as the rest of the Terraform logic?

But as you're building a Python script you could implements there the same logic: define a variable for your expected cidr, and poll the IP of the VM until it matches.

Duhh, Why didn't I think of that . Thanks for the help!!

Is there anything similar to this in the xo-cli or API? I don't want to use Terraform or OpenTofu for this, as it significantly complicates the system I'm building.

Right now, I have a Python script that just waits 120 seconds before continuing to make sure the VM gets an IP address via DHCP and is reported properly. My only concern (even with Terraform/OpenTofu) is that Windows returns a 169.254.x.x address to XCP-ng tools almost immediately after fully booting. Is there a way to get around this?

@bleader If we don't have support, what's the best place to report security issues? I submitted one in GitHub about 8 months ago, but I'm guessing it got lost

@raider600 To piggyback off of DanP, they've been very good about extending our trial while we were evaluating our options to migrate off of VMware!