[ovirt-users] autologin into vm desktop

[Dan Yasny]

...and it looks like in the latest versions the REST API has
*/vms/{vmid}/logon*


*https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.5/html/Technical_Guide/sect-Actions5.html#Enable_user_logon_to_access_a_virtual_machine_from_an_external_console
<https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.5/html/Technical_Guide/sect-Actions5.html#Enable_user_logon_to_access_a_virtual_machine_from_an_external_console>*

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:55 PM, Dan Yasny <dyasny at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can pass the credentials directly to the guest agent using vdsClient
> on the host, among other things:
>
> desktopLock
>         <vmId>
>         Logoff current user
> desktopLogin
>         <vmId> <domain> <user> <password>
>         Login to vmId desktop using the supplied credentials
> desktopLogoff
>         <vmId> <force>
>         Lock user session. force should be set to true/false
>
> Will probably require key based remote ssh execution, and API calls to the
> engine, to determine the host and VM UUID
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Adolfo <agomez at virtualcable.es> wrote:
>
>>  I know, but this all is used from "ovirt portal", and we are only using
>> ovirt api, the portal is provided by own broker :)
>>
>> I'm currently looking at the code of vdsClient, to see if i can replicate
>> the "desktopLogin" feature.
>>
>> This was why i was wondering if this is the place to post this, because
>> it's more related to "development", but not to de development of ovirt
>> itself (or yes, don't know right now... :) )
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Adolfo Gómez
>>
>>
>>
>> El 07/05/2015 a las 4:40, Dan Yasny escribió:
>>
>> This is exactly what the SSO feature is for.
>>
>>  http://www.ovirt.org/Features/SSO
>> http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Guest_Agent/Single_Sign_On/Windows
>>
>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.1/html/Power_User_Portal_Guide/Single_Sign_On-Windows.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Adolfo <agomez at virtualcable.es> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> My name is Adolfo. I'm in charge of the development of UDS, an open
>>> source connection broker (with commercial support if requested) (
>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Universidad_de_Sevilla_Case_Study is done with it
>>> for example).
>>>
>>> I don't know if this is the place to post this "request for help", if
>>> not, please forgive me :)
>>>
>>> The case is that we are including Spice as an accepted protocol for
>>> connecting to VMs (currently we allow rdp, rgs, nx, ...) provided by oVirt,
>>> and we have found the following "issue".
>>>
>>> It's ease to get the connection parameters for the VM using REST api,
>>> even get the ticket for allowing connection, but i have been looking for a
>>> way "logging user" directly into desktop, not only connect to "display" but
>>> also "log in" into remote without needed to use a second authentication.
>>>
>>> I have seen that oVirt Portal currently allows this, and i have found
>>> also that vsdClient can do login using "vdsClient -s <HOSTIP> desktopLogin
>>> <VMID> <DOMAIN> <USER> <PASSWORD>", and although it is possible to use
>>> this, it will be a bit "tricky" to get it working i think.
>>>
>>> My question is... ¿Is any way of doing "desktop login" using REST API,
>>> or any other "simple method" from an external app such as this broker?.
>>>
>>> ¿If yes, how? :-)
>>> ¿If not, will be support for this an anyone knows how?
>>>
>>> Thank you, and again, if this is not the correct list, sorry for the
>>> annoyance.
>>>
>>> Adolfo Gómez
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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