{"id":744,"date":"2023-12-21T20:08:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/?p=744"},"modified":"2023-12-25T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:35:11","slug":"lightweight-vdi-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/lightweight-vdi-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightweight VDI-infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p><p>Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a technology where users operate on remote virtual machines instead of traditional physical computers.<\/p><p><strong>Implementation:<\/strong><\/p><p>Users utilize thin clients as their local computers. These are simple single-board computers that boot over the network and do not have a physical hard drive for data storage. The work process initiates only when a user connects to the virtualization system. For every specific environment, a Windows virtual machine with pre-installed software is available.<\/p><p><strong>Key Features:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The virtual machine acts as a template that can be independently updated. Upon connection, a snapshot of the selected virtual machine is created for the user, who then connects using the high-performant Spice protocol.<\/li>\n\n<li>Multiple screen support is available.<\/li>\n\n<li>Both local or remote USB devices can be passed through to the virtual machine using usbredir protocol.<\/li>\n\n<li>Users can be granted full administrative rights without risk, as the specific instance of the virtual machine is deleted right after disconnection.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Technologies Used:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LTSP<\/strong> (Linux Terminal Server Project)<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Usbredir<\/strong> (Part of Spice specification)<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>OpenNebula<\/strong> (Cloud Computing Platform)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Additional links:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-quick wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kvaps\/one-connect\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"one-connect\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opengraph.githubassets.com\/5a5c131056f2d8816d8aa2cfcbfeaaea888fdf759db133098d8a88540ae670b1\/kvaps\/one-connect\" style=\"max-width: 150px; max-height: 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">one-connect<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">Simple and secure access to your OpenNebula VMs via SPICE protocol.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-quick wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kvaps\/usbredirtools\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"usbredirtools\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opengraph.githubassets.com\/e9ff05491c2d6631da872065ee933fc9214348aa89f8037e5744ae2a6f9a7dda\/kvaps\/usbredirtools\" style=\"max-width: 150px; max-height: 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">usbredirtools<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">Collection of scripts for passing through the usb-devices to VMs<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a technology where users operate on remote virtual machines instead of traditional physical computers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.aenix.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}