Re: web interface?

Matthew Kent
2007-07-31T17:10:17Z

On Tue, 2007-31-07 at 17:57 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 01:52:39AM +1000, Paul J R wrote:
> > Hi guys, I had a quick question.
> >
> > I was playing around writing a php-based web interface for KVM.
> > Basically something that would allow you to use a tiny distro and let
> > you manage disk/net etc via php (atm its crude to say the least).
> >
> > It all seems relatively straight forward except for one component - the
> > console bits. I wanted to make it so you could click on your new vm,
> > then click on a "console" link and *poof* your console appears on your
> > web browser via an embedded java applet. The problem is security,
> > Authenticating users on the page is simple enough, but i cant see a
> > method by which i could put a password on the vnc port in qemu?
>
> Watch this space. I will be submitting patches to upstream QEMU either
> today or tomorrow which will enable password support in VNC. It will
> also provide for optional TLS encryption, and x509 certificates for both
> client and server validation & authentication.

Oh that's great stuff. I'll be sure to help test it out thoroughly.
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