Linux RDS/VDI Systems
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@dafyre mentioned setting up RDS for another topic here and inquired about the cost (being prohibitive or not). Knowing that the client software requires Windows - the cost is going to be high.
So asking @scottalanmiller and anyone else who has setup RDS/VDI environments how have they performed? Any gotcha's for different fat-clients?
I don't have any projects that would require this, but I think it would be interesting to setup in the lab.
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Both are options, but totally different at the system level.
VDI is one to one, no shared components. So it is as simple as connecting remotely to your Linux instance. You can do this with VNC, RDS, NX3, NX4, or others.
NTG does this for our techs. They have secure Linux VDI machines in the data center that they use. Everyone gets their own, it's just easier that way. We often use Deepin for this. We decided to go with NX4, it's just really effective.
You can also front end this with Guacamole or something to make it web enabled.
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Doing a terminal server with Linux is a lot more work. Linux itself handles it beautifully, but the connection protocols not so much. NX offers a commercial upgrade for this. RDP does it natively. VNC will do it, but takes quite a bit more work.
But it works just fine. Logically this should be easy and what you almost always do, but due to a lack of solid included protocol that is just "click and go" going the VDI route is often easier.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Doing a terminal server with Linux is a lot more work. Linux itself handles it beautifully, but the connection protocols not so much.
That seems like an issue. Why are connection protocols here an issue?
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Linux can now be a terminal server too using the XRDP packages. I've set this up and it works well. Only works for X systems... Wayland, is not supported yet.
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@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@dafyre mentioned setting up RDS for another topic here and inquired about the cost (being prohibitive or not). Knowing that the client software requires Windows - the cost is going to be high.
So asking @scottalanmiller and anyone else who has setup RDS/VDI environments how have they performed? Any gotcha's for different fat-clients?
I don't have any projects that would require this, but I think it would be interesting to setup in the lab.
Back to @DustinB3403's original topic...
Yes, I have configured VDI with Hyper-V as well as have a wide array of RemoteApps available.
Another area of IT manages a VMware View setup that we have several labs and public workstations connected to with Zero Clients, and those have worked well too.
I've run into a few Gotchas with apps like AutoCad and a few others that don't play nicely in VDI (but not because of graphics issues!).
If nothing else, I'd recommend you spin something up using eval licenses and see how it works.
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Has anyone used Ravada?
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@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Has anyone used Ravada?
This looks pretty cool. I may have to give it a go.
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@dafyre said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Has anyone used Ravada?
This looks pretty cool. I may have to give it a go.
It's built in Perl. Who does that?
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@dafyre said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Has anyone used Ravada?
This looks pretty cool. I may have to give it a go.
It's built in Perl. Who does that?
People who hate themselves?
It's got support for Ubuntu and Fedora so it can't be horrible.
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@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@dafyre said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Has anyone used Ravada?
This looks pretty cool. I may have to give it a go.
It's built in Perl. Who does that?
People who hate themselves?
It's got support for Ubuntu and Fedora so it can't be horrible.
Just noticed that, support ONLY for them. Interesting.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@dafyre said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Has anyone used Ravada?
This looks pretty cool. I may have to give it a go.
It's built in Perl. Who does that?
People who hate themselves?
It's got support for Ubuntu and Fedora so it can't be horrible.
Just noticed that, support ONLY for them. Interesting.
Yeah, meaning CentOS/Debian are up the creek.
It may be just an odd translation on their docs page. I was reading some of it and found some very odd sentences.
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@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@dafyre said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
@DustinB3403 said in Linux RDS/VDI Systems:
Has anyone used Ravada?
This looks pretty cool. I may have to give it a go.
It's built in Perl. Who does that?
People who hate themselves?
It's got support for Ubuntu and Fedora so it can't be horrible.
Just noticed that, support ONLY for them. Interesting.
Yeah, meaning CentOS/Debian are up the creek.
It may be just an odd translation on their docs page. I was reading some of it and found some very odd sentences.
Just not support, still works. Instructions there for them.
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Too bad it is KVM only right now. Not that KVM is bad, it's just early. The have LXC coming "soon" and that will be really awesome. I want VDI on LXC so that we can do it faster and on top of Scale HC3.
