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Posted to user@guacamole.apache.org by Aaron Meyer <am...@meyertech.net> on 2023/03/23 13:13:22 UTC
VMRC protocol support?
I've seen a few commercial products that use guacd as a gateway for VMware
VM console access using VMRC but I haven't been able to find any
documentation on how to utilize this.
Can someone please give me direction to documentations / examples on how to
effect this - or is VMRC an example of a proprietary extension to the guacd
project?
In your service,
Aaron Meyer
RE: VMRC protocol support?
Posted by Aaron Meyer <am...@meyertech.net>.
Nick, et'al,
Well the main one I use at work is the CMP (cloud management platform) from Morpheus. (https://morpheusdata.com/)
They have their own frontend and then when accessing your VM ('instances') via VMRC, VNC, RDP, SSH, etc they run through a guacd backend. There is a free license tier if you want to play with it... It's not immediately obvious how to sign up for that so here's a link to the 'Community Guide'. https://morpheusdata.com/wp-content/uploads/content/Morpheus-Data-Community-Guide-May-2020.pdf
I've done a little playing with the open source CMP, OpenNebula and their vCenter integration. Version 6.0 and their new Sunstone UI added support for VMRC (assuming guacd backed...) but I was playing with their pre-packaged appliance and couldn't get any console access to work. When I have time I may try installing it manually. https://opennebula.io/ (Incidentally OpenNebula before the recent VMRC feature add did use VNC for VMware VM console, but the new VMRC access is supposed to supersede it.) They do note use of guacamole when noting this feature add on their blog, but as I haven't been able to get it to work myself I don't know if they're using guacd for VRMC or just RDP/VNC/SSH.
Here is there announcement blurb verbatim: 'There have been multitude of improvements in Sunstone: revamped VNC dialogs, asynchronous operation warnings, extra information for OneFlow services, NUMA placement for VMware VMs, etc. Additionally, a new FireEdge server is now shipped with OpenNebula, enabling new functionality in Sunstone—OpenNebula’s WebUI: auto refresh for VM and host states, VMRC console access for VMware VMs, Guacamole VNC/SSH and RDP, and more.'
As for VNC, I've seen some CMP that do use native VNC to ESXi for VM console, but those instructions always include opening up the ESXi firewall to permit that access which I'm adverse to... so if Morpheus or OpenNebula is using VNC there's some more flavor on it or brokering being orchestrated somehow to get the MKS ticket etc.
Case in point, the Apache CloudStack CMP does use VNC for VMware VM console and have instructions to increase ports and allow VNC through the host firewall in their ESXi setup guide and the above mentioned products do not have such instructions: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.18.0.0/installguide/hypervisor/vsphere.html?highlight=firewall#extend-port-range-for-cloudstack-console-proxy
In your service,
Aaron Meyer
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Re: VMRC protocol support?
Posted by Alessandro Sironi <a....@me.com.INVALID>.
I confirm that it use VNC, I have just use guacamole on aruba cloud to
access one VM (aruba is an Italian ISP).
Alessandro
Il 23/03/2023 14:46, Nick Couchman ha scritto:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 9:22 AM Rasmus Haslund
> <ra...@veeam.com.invalid> wrote:
>> I would LOVE to do the same. Aaron, can you name any examples of extensions that can do this?
> Yes, knowing the names of the items that provide this would be
> helpful. My assumption is that this is actually just using VNC to
> access these consoles, but it'd be interesting to see if we could find
> any specific documentation on that.
>
> -NIck
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Re: VMRC protocol support?
Posted by Nick Couchman <vn...@apache.org>.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 9:22 AM Rasmus Haslund
<ra...@veeam.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> I would LOVE to do the same. Aaron, can you name any examples of extensions that can do this?
Yes, knowing the names of the items that provide this would be
helpful. My assumption is that this is actually just using VNC to
access these consoles, but it'd be interesting to see if we could find
any specific documentation on that.
-NIck
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Re: VMRC protocol support?
Posted by Rasmus Haslund <ra...@veeam.com.INVALID>.
I would LOVE to do the same. Aaron, can you name any examples of extensions that can do this?
With best regards,
Rasmus Haslund
Principal Technologist & VMCT Program Manager | Veeam Software | Phone: +40 372 821 972 | Twitter: @haslund
From: Aaron Meyer <am...@meyertech.net>
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Date: Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 14.21
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Subject: VMRC protocol support?
I’ve seen a few commercial products that use guacd as a gateway for VMware VM console access using VMRC but I haven’t been able to find any documentation on how to utilize this.
Can someone please give me direction to documentations / examples on how to effect this – or is VMRC an example of a proprietary extension to the guacd project?
In your service,
Aaron Meyer