Hi, <br>there is a VNC button if you click on instance link in Dashboard.<br><br>Instructions on how to make it work are below.<br><ol><li>Get Nova
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<code class="java plain">mkdir ~/src</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="java plain">bzr branch lp:nova</code></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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<code class="java plain">cd ~/src</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="java plain">git clone https:</code><code class="java comments">//<a href="http://github.com/openstack/noVNC.git">github.com/openstack/noVNC.git</a></code></div>
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<code class="java plain">cd ~/src</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="java plain">bzr branch lp:openstack-dashboard</code></div><div class="line number3 index2 alt2"><code class="java plain">cd openstack-dashboard/openstack-dashboard</code></div>
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<code class="java plain">cd ~/src/nova</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="java plain">sudo contrib/nova.sh install .</code></div><div class="line number3 index2 alt2"><code class="java plain">sudo contrib/nova.sh run .</code></div>
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</div></div></li><li>Run vncproxy<br>
Create new screen window with <ctrl>-a <ctrl>-c
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<code class="java plain">bin/nova-vncproxy --vncproxy_wwwroot ~/src/noVNC</code></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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<span><p>Create new screen window with <ctrl>-a <ctrl>-c<br>
Prepare dashboard's db (once):</p>
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<code class="java plain">cd ~/src/openstack-dashboard/openstack-dashboard</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="java plain">tools/with_venv.sh dashboard/manage.py syncdb</code></div></div></td></tr>
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<p>When asked to create superuser, type "yes" and create user with name <tt>admin</tt> and any email and password.</p>
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<code class="java plain">cd ~/src/openstack-dashboard/openstack-dashboard</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="java plain">tools/with_venv.sh dashboard/manage.py runserver </code><code class="java value">8080</code></div>
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<p>Now you can navigate to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">http://127.0.0.1:8080</a>, login with user admin and specified password and have fun.</p></span></li></ol>Regards,<br>Mike Scherbakov<br>
<a href="http://www.mirantis.com">www.mirantis.com</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Donal Lafferty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donal.lafferty@citrix.com">donal.lafferty@citrix.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sorry if this is a repeat question, but I was wondering whether there were any blueprints completed or afoot to provide a graphical console for VMs that don’t have their network stacks configured. E.g. <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/web-based-serial-console" target="_blank">https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/web-based-serial-console</a> offers the ability to interact with VMs whose network is dead. I’m looking for something similar, but with a graphical console rather than a text-based version.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Any information would be most appreciated,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal">DL</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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