openstack-manuals/doc/common/section_using-vnc-console.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="using-vnc-console">
<title>Use the VNC console</title>
<para>To interact through the VNC console, you can use a VNC client
directly, a special Java client, or a web browser. For information
about how to configure the console, see <xref
linkend="installing-openstack-dashboard"/>.</para>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
xml:id="getting-an-access-url">
<title>Get an access URL</title>
<para>The Compute service enables you to create access_urls
through the os-consoles extension. Support for accessing this
URL is provided by the nova client:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova get-vnc-console <replaceable>[server_id]</replaceable> <replaceable>[novnc|xvpvnc]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para>Specify '<literal>novnc</literal>' to get a URL suitable for
pasting into a web browser.</para>
<para>Specify '<literal>xvpvnc</literal>' for a URL suitable for
pasting into the Java client.</para>
<para>To request a web browser URL:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova get-vnc-console <replaceable>[server_id]</replaceable> novnc</userinput></screen>
</section>
<section xml:id="accessing-vnc-consoles-with-a-java-client">
<title>Access a VNC console with a Java client</title>
<para>To enable support for the OpenStack Java VNC client in
compute, run the <literal>nova-xvpvncproxy</literal>
service.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><literal>xvpvncproxy_port</literal>=<replaceable>[port]</replaceable>
- port to bind (defaults to 6081)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>xvpvncproxy_host</literal>=<replaceable>[host]</replaceable>
- host to bind (defaults to 0.0.0.0)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>As a client, you need a special Java client, which is a
slightly modified version of TightVNC that supports our token
auth:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/nova-xvpvncviewer</userinput>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cd nova-xvpvncviewer/viewer</userinput>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>To create a session, request an access URL by using
<command>python-novaclient</command>. Then, run the client as
follows.</para>
<para>To get an access URL:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova get-vnc-console <replaceable>[server_id]</replaceable> xvpvnc</userinput></screen>
<para>To run the client:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>java -jar VncViewer.jar <replaceable>[access_url]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
</section>
<section xml:id="accessing-a-vnc-console-through-a-web-browser">
<info>
<title>Access a VNC console with a web browser</title>
</info>
<para>Retrieving an access_url for a web browser is similar to the
flow for the Java client.</para>
<para>To get the access URL, run the following command:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova get-vnc-console <replaceable>[server_id]</replaceable> novnc</userinput></screen>
<para>Paste the URL into your web browser.</para>
<para>Additionally, you can use the OpenStack dashboard, known as
horizon, to access browser-based VNC consoles for
instances.</para>
</section>
</section>