View source for Managing servers hosting virtual machines

There are two options for managing servers hosting virtual machines, the VMWare Server console, and a web interface to the console.

== The Console Application ==

The console application can be used to start and stop VMs as well as set various networking and device configuration.

Using X-forwarding, open a trusted session to the host machine:

 $ ssh -Y host

And start the console:

vmware &amp;

Connect to localhost

(The console can also be used remotely, via port 902)

In order for VMs to appear in the web-based management interface, they must be listed in the Console inventory. Select "Open" from the contextual menu and browse to the .vmx file for your VMX.

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== The VMWare Management interface ==

''The VMWare Management interface is a web-based interface using its own built-in apache server''

To start the Apache server, type

 /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start

To stop the Apache server, type

 /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware stop

To restart the Apache server, type

 /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart

Connect to the interface:

 https://host:8333/

This shell script simplifies tunneling to machines running the VMX management interface:

 <nowiki>
 #!/bin/bash
 
 user=$1
 gateway=$2
 destination=$3
 
 echo "Opening a tunnel to a VMX Management Interface..."
 echo ""
 
 if [ -z ${user} ]; then
         user=todd
 #        echo "   ---&gt; No user provided. Defaulting to '${user}'."
 fi
 
 if [ -z ${gateway} ]; then
         gateway=brie3.cshl.org
 #        echo "   ---&gt; No gateway provided. Defaulting to '${gateway}'."
 fi
 
 if [ -z ${destination} ]; then
         destination=freeze1.wormbase.org
 #        echo "   ---&gt; No gateway provided. Defaulting to '${destination}'."
 fi
 
 echo "Tunneling to ${destination} through ${gateway} as user ${user}..."
 echo "   ---&gt; To change these values:"
 echo "        $0 username gateway destination"
 
 
 ssh -t -l todd -L 8333:localhost:10000 brie6.cshl.org \
 ssh -l todd -L 10000:freeze1.wormbase.org:8333 freeze1.wormbase.org
 </nowiki>

See [[WormBase_Infrastructure#Frozen_release_servers Frozen Release Servers] for a list of servers hosting virtual machines.



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