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(a)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
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Regards
Manuel Schneider
Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
www.wikimedia.ch