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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 19:26 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481743350 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] User : stefanbaur @@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ ===== Netbooting ===== ==== Prerequisites ==== - * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. - * You will also need an HTTP/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) + * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg boot and configuration files, and a directory where kernel and initrd can be stored. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. + * You will also need an HTTP/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. + * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. + * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. ==== Building your own netbootable X2Go-TCE image ==== === Starting the build === -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 19:22 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481743247 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: User : stefanbaur @@ -7,18 +7,23 @@ The disadvantage is that your ThinClient now needs at least 1 GB of RAM. However, the huge advantage is that there no longer is a need for any high-availibility setup concerning NFS. All you need is an HTTP or FTP server with a dedicated IP, if you want to use netbooting. It is also possible to deploy the image to the ThinClient's local storage, if present, and have it update in the background. - ===== Netbooting ===== - - ==== Prerequisites ==== - * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. + ==== Prerequisites for all variants ==== * You need a Debian Jessie system to build the image. (Other distributions based on Debian might work, but this is untested.) * We suggest using a 64-Bit system, though it should be possible to use a 32-Bit system if you don't want to build a 64-Bit ThinClient image. * Make sure your package list is up to date by running: <code>sudo apt-get update </code> * Install the required packages by running: <code>sudo apt-get install git-core live-build live-config-doc live-manual-html live-boot-doc</code> + + + ===== Netbooting ===== + + ==== Prerequisites ==== + * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. + * You will also need an HTTP/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) ==== Building your own netbootable X2Go-TCE image ==== + === Starting the build === Change to a directory where you want to save your builds, and run the following commands:<code> DIR=./live-build-x2go-$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S") # this will create a timestamped subdirectory mkdir -p $DIR -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 19:20 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481740604 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] User : stefanbaur @@ -13,4 +13,17 @@ ==== Prerequisites ==== * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. * You need a Debian Jessie system to build the image. (Other distributions based on Debian might work, but this is untested.) * We suggest using a 64-Bit system, though it should be possible to use a 32-Bit system if you don't want to build a 64-Bit ThinClient image. + * Make sure your package list is up to date by running: <code>sudo apt-get update </code> + * Install the required packages by running: <code>sudo apt-get install git-core live-build live-config-doc live-manual-html live-boot-doc</code> + + ==== Building your own netbootable X2Go-TCE image ==== + === Starting the build === + Change to a directory where you want to save your builds, and run the following commands:<code> + DIR=./live-build-x2go-$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S") # this will create a timestamped subdirectory + mkdir -p $DIR + cd $DIR + lb config ... + lb build + lb clean # optional command to clean up afterwards -> saves some space + </code> -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:36 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481740592 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] User : stefanbaur @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ===== Netbooting ===== ==== Prerequisites ==== - * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. - * You need a Debian Jessie system to build the image. (Other distributions based on Debian might work, but this is untested.) - * We suggest using a 64-Bit system, though it should be possible to use a 32-Bit system if you don't want to build a 64-Bit ThinClient image. + * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. + * You need a Debian Jessie system to build the image. (Other distributions based on Debian might work, but this is untested.) + * We suggest using a 64-Bit system, though it should be possible to use a 32-Bit system if you don't want to build a 64-Bit ThinClient image. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:36 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481740323 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [History and Rationale] User : stefanbaur @@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ The disadvantage is that your ThinClient now needs at least 1 GB of RAM. However, the huge advantage is that there no longer is a need for any high-availibility setup concerning NFS. All you need is an HTTP or FTP server with a dedicated IP, if you want to use netbooting. It is also possible to deploy the image to the ThinClient's local storage, if present, and have it update in the background. + ===== Netbooting ===== + + ==== Prerequisites ==== + * You need an existing PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg stuff. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. + * You need a Debian Jessie system to build the image. (Other distributions based on Debian might work, but this is untested.) + * We suggest using a 64-Bit system, though it should be possible to use a 32-Bit system if you don't want to build a 64-Bit ThinClient image. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:32 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481740287 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: User : stefanbaur @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ - ====== History and Rationale ====== + ====== X2Go-ThinClientEditon (TCE, TCE-NG, TCE-New) ====== + + ===== History and Rationale ===== During the time of Debian Wheezy being Debian's stable release, we started developing a new ThinClientEdition (TCE) - one that is based on Debian-Live and thus does no longer rely on NFS. Instead, the entire image is loaded into the RAM of the ThinClient machine. The disadvantage is that your ThinClient now needs at least 1 GB of RAM. However, the huge advantage is that there no longer is a need for any high-availibility setup concerning NFS. All you need is an HTTP or FTP server with a dedicated IP, if you want to use netbooting. It is also possible to deploy the image to the ThinClient's local storage, if present, and have it update in the background. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:31 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1481740231 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: User : stefanbaur @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ - History and Rationale + ====== History and Rationale ====== During the time of Debian Wheezy being Debian's stable release, we started developing a new ThinClientEdition (TCE) - one that is based on Debian-Live and thus does no longer rely on NFS. Instead, the entire image is loaded into the RAM of the ThinClient machine. - The disadvantage is that your ThinClient now needs at least 1 GB of RAM. However, the huge advantage is that there no longer is a need for any high-availibility setup concerning NFS. All you need is an HTTP or FTP server with a dedicated IP, if you want to use netbooting. It is also possible to deploy the image to the ThinClient's local storage, if present, and have it update in the background. + + The disadvantage is that your ThinClient now needs at least 1 GB of RAM. + + However, the huge advantage is that there no longer is a need for any high-availibility setup concerning NFS. All you need is an HTTP or FTP server with a dedicated IP, if you want to use netbooting. It is also possible to deploy the image to the ThinClient's local storage, if present, and have it update in the background. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page added: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:30 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: --- New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: created User : stefanbaur History and Rationale During the time of Debian Wheezy being Debian's stable release, we started developing a new ThinClientEdition (TCE) - one that is based on Debian-Live and thus does no longer rely on NFS. Instead, the entire image is loaded into the RAM of the ThinClient machine. The disadvantage is that your ThinClient now needs at least 1 GB of RAM. However, the huge advantage is that there no longer is a need for any high-availibility setup concerning NFS. All you need is an HTTP or FTP server with a dedicated IP, if you want to use netbooting. It is also possible to deploy the image to the ThinClient's local storage, if present, and have it update in the background. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:15 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto?rev=1481739291 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto Edit Summary: User : stefanbaur @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ This is the TOC page for our HowTo section. - * [[doc:howto:tce|The new (Debian-Live) based X2Go-ThinClientEdition + * [[doc:howto:tce|The new (Debian-Live) based X2Go-ThinClientEdition]] -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2016/12/14 18:14 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto?rev=1481739219 New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto Edit Summary: User : stefanbaur @@ -1 +1,3 @@ This is the TOC page for our HowTo section. + + * [[doc:howto:tce|The new (Debian-Live) based X2Go-ThinClientEdition -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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