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fix doc to refer to nova-vncproxy

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Vishvananda Ishaya 2011-03-29 22:37:19 -07:00
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ A VNC Connection works like so:
* User connects over an api and gets a url like http://ip:port/?token=xyz
* User pastes url in browser
* Browser connects to VNC Proxy though a websocket enabled client like noVNC
* VNC Proxy authorizes users token, maps the token to a host and port of an
* VNC Proxy authorizes users token, maps the token to a host and port of an
instance's VNC server
* VNC Proxy initiates connection to VNC server, and continues proxying until
the session ends
@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ A VNC Connection works like so:
Configuring the VNC Proxy
-------------------------
nova-vnc-proxy requires a websocket enabled html client to work properly. At
this time, the only tested client is a slightly modified fork of noVNC, which
nova-vncproxy requires a websocket enabled html client to work properly. At
this time, the only tested client is a slightly modified fork of noVNC, which
you can at find http://github.com/openstack/noVNC.git
.. todo:: add instruction for installing from package
noVNC must be in the location specified by --vncproxy_wwwroot, which defaults
to /var/lib/nova/noVNC. nova-vnc-proxy will fail to launch until this code
is properly installed.
to /var/lib/nova/noVNC. nova-vncproxy will fail to launch until this code
is properly installed.
By default, nova-vnc-proxy binds 0.0.0.0:6080. This can be configured with:
By default, nova-vncproxy binds 0.0.0.0:6080. This can be configured with:
* --vncproxy_port=[port]
* --vncproxy_host=[host]
@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ Enabling VNC Consoles in Nova
At the moment, VNC support is supported only when using libvirt. To enable VNC
Console, configure the following flags:
* --vnc_console_proxy_url=http://[proxy_host]:[proxy_port] - proxy_port
defaults to 6080. This url must point to nova-vnc-proxy
* --vnc_console_proxy_url=http://[proxy_host]:[proxy_port] - proxy_port
defaults to 6080. This url must point to nova-vncproxy
* --vnc_enabled=[True|False] - defaults to True. If this flag is not set your
instances will launch without vnc support.
instances will launch without vnc support.
Getting an instance's VNC Console
---------------------------------
You can access an instance's VNC Console url in the following methods:
* Using the direct api:
* Using the direct api:
eg: 'stack --user=admin --project=admin compute get_vnc_console instance_id=1'
* Support for Dashboard, and the Openstack API will be forthcoming