Hi,
as discussed yesterday I set up a virtual Windows Workstation (Windows XP professional) on our openZIM server. The license I got from a retired office computer in my company.
The virtual Windowx XP setup can be accessed with a VNC client which is available for all platforms (in KDE it is available under K->Internet->Krdc or you can install vncviewer for CLI). For security reasons the VNC server runs locally on the server, so you have to use your ssh account and redirect the port to your machine:
$ ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5900 USERNAME@openzim.org
This will redirect the VNC running on display :0 on openzim.org to you local display :1. After logging in you can connect with vncviewer:
$ vncviewer localhost:1
The administrator password is "openzim".
If you can not connect to the VNC server, check if KVM is running on the server:
$ ps ax | grep kvm
if not, start it:
$ sudo WindowsXP.sh
KVM is configured to daemonize, so it runs in background, leaving the shell to your disposal.
On the virtual Windows machine currently is only installed: * current Windows updates (incl. SP3) * FreeAV (Avira antivirus personal edition) * 7-Zip * Mozilla Firefox
Please help to keep the setup clean. If you see a notice concerning Windows or antivirus updates, please install them. Thank you.
Note: The virtual machine is behind a virtual network (NAT) and has connectivity to the internet, but is not accessible from the internet, even not from the openzim.org server itself.
Have much fun and cheers,
Manuel