[jira] [Commented] (GUACAMOLE-1641) Add vSphere support to VNC protocol

["Mike Beynon (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Mike Beynon commented on GUACAMOLE-1641:
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The code basically works, but the disconnection within 60 seconds needs to be debugged as to why it's happening and then fix it.  The hard part is done with the new options, some changes to make the threading safe, etc.  Only that one bug remains.  For the 60 seconds it's up, it works as expected, then the vCenter side closes the connection, so the WebSocket layer then tears down the WebSocket, and then it reconnects, works and in 60 seconds it does it again.

Before being merged it also needs to be documented better how to configure the new settings.

I lost access to the vCenter server environment when I changed jobs, so it's just been sitting there.  My worry is the changes will bitrot if they stay unmerged too long.  I worked for a few weeks on this pretty steady and would like to see the work merged and used.  :(  Perhaps the next step is for me to do what [~vnick] suggested and submit a PR for review to get more eyes on it.

> Add vSphere support to VNC protocol
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: GUACAMOLE-1641
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-1641
>             Project: Guacamole
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: guacamole
>            Reporter: Mike Beynon
>            Priority: Minor
>
> vSphere bundles a VNC server into their ESXi hypervisor, and tunnels the VNC protocol over a web socket to their client.  I'm working now to add support to guacd to (1) take a vm object id name, (2) use the vSphere API to establish a session with vCenter and request a webmks ticket, and (3) have guacd connect to the appropriate ESXi server and port to setup the websocket and then pass binary frames containing the VNC protocol.  The new parameters for the guacd protocol will mean there's changes to guacamole-client also for the webapp and the db storage for connection parameters.
> I plan to do this on the open source version.
> It's related to GUACAMOLE-591, except it will not show the entire VM catalog.  Instead my changes will provide the mechanism in guacd, and later work can add the catalog.
> Any suggestions how to proceed?  Things to do or things to avoid doing?
> Should I start with the latest apache or glyptodon source?



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