This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revision | ||
wiki:advanced:x2gobroker:start [2013/03/14 23:59] sunweaver created |
wiki:advanced:x2gobroker:start [2015/04/23 03:36] (current) ionic Add some whitespace. |
||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | ====== | + | ====== |
+ | |||
+ | //Provided by Oleksandr Shneyder, edited by Mike Gabriel// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== What is an X2Go Session Broker? ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most of you have already used X2Go Client in standalone mode. X2Go Client in standalone mode allows to be configured by the user himself. Normally, the user creates a set of session profiles that allows the user to work remotely on one or more X2Go Servers. See the documentation that explains [[doc: | ||
+ | |||
+ | When X2Go Client is run in broker mode, then it does not allow the local definition of session profiles. The list of session profiles gets provided by the X2Go Session Broker. A session broker is either a HTTP(s) server or an SSH server. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In large-scale deployments an X2Go Session Broker can be used to centrally provide X2Go session profiles to X2Go Client. The list of provided X2Go session profiles can be user or client-address specific. | ||
+ | |||
+ | An X2Go Session Broker is the piece of software (X2Go component) that you need to deploy X2Go where [[wiki: | ||
+ | |||
+ | The implementation of X2Go Session Brokers can be manifold as long as a [[wiki: | ||
+ | |||
+ | One possible impementation is provided in our package archives: | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | $ sudo apt-get install x2gobroker-daemon | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== How do I use an X2Go Session Broker with X2Go Client? | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you have access to an X2Go Session Broker, you can launch X2Go Client in broker mode. There are several command line options to configure X2Go Client' | ||
+ | |||
+ | * ''< | ||
+ | |||
+ | * ''< | ||
+ | * ''< | ||
+ | * ''< | ||
+ | |||
+ | * ''< | ||
+ | |||
+ | * ''< | ||
+ | |||
+ | * ''< | ||
- | FIXME | ||