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Thinsy Virtual Conference for VMWare Admin Guide

Thinsy Virtual Conference for VMWare Admin Guide

Software Version 2.6.4, Document Version 1.5

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INTRODUCTION

The Thinsy Virtual Conference VA is a self contained Web Conferencing Virtual Appliance. It is different from other Web Conferencing solutions in that it includes a full desktop for sharing. Hence, the Moderator does not need to share his/her own desktop with the Conference. The advantage of this is that the Moderator’s private documents, email, IM etc. are kept out of the Conference.

Thinsy Virtual Conference VA has all the software required for the following features

  • A Desktop(Windows or Linux) that is shared by the participants
  • High Definition Audio Conferencing
  • Video Conferencing
  • Text Chat

DOWNLOADING THE THINSY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SOFTWARE

  • Download Thinsy Virtual Conference Virtual Appliance for VMWare Server
    (md5: 6efbc7a6882b04b66f62916eee3deb5a )

    Install Instruction:

    1. Un zip the ThinsyVirtualConference_v2.6.4-b786-vmwareapp.7z in to vmware datastore folder
    2. Login to vmware server webpage
    3. Go to ‘Add Virtual Machine to Inventory’ and choose the folder where you have unzip the appliance.
    4. Now the Thinsy Virtual Conference appliance will be as Thinsy Virtual Conference VM in vmware server.

  • Download Thinsy Virtual Conference Virtual Appliance for VMWare ESXi Server
    (md5: ce6d6b433d0883b59887f4e8c2c3a14a )

    Install Instruction:

    1. Un zip the ThinsyVirtualConference2.6.4-b786-ovf.7z in to your local system
    2. Login into VMWare ESXi server using VMware vSphere Client
    3. Go to File–>Deploy OVF Template
    4. Browse the directory where you have unzip the ThinsyVirtualConference and choose the ovf template ‘ThinsyVirtualConference2.6.4-b786.ovf’
      and start uploading to vmware esxi server.
    5. Once the upload completed, ThinsyVirtualConference VM will be availabe in VMWare ESXi server.



REQUIREMENTS FOR THE THINSY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE VA

  • VM Host Computer
    1. VMware Virtual Machine Monitor Software
      1. VMware ESX Server
      2. Server with VMware ESXi built in
      3. VMware Server with VMWare Server Console on Linux/Windows XP
      4. VMware Player on Linux/Windows XP
    2. 2GB of free memory
    3. 40 Gigabytes of disk space
  • A DHCP or Static IP Address for the Thinsy Virtual Conference VA
    1. IP Address, Netmask, Default gateway and DNS Server information,
    2. or, a DHCP Server that will hand out an IP address to this Virtual Appliance
  • Firewall Configuration Capability (only if you want to enable access to the Conference from outside the firewall)
    1. The capability to forward ports 80 and 1935 of a public IP address on the firewall to the internal IP address of this Virtual Appliance
INSTALLATION:

  1. Download the Thinsy Virtual Conference VA file.
  2. Uncompress it into a directory with at least 40 Gigabytes of free space
  3. If this appliance is to be hosted on Windows, double click on the “ThinsyAppliance.vmx” file
  4. If this appliance is being hosted in Linux/VMware Server, then register the vmx with the VMware server using the command “vmware-cmd -s register full_path_name_to_the_vmx_file”. Use the VMware Server console (vmware-server-console) program that is supplied as part of the “vmware-server-linux-console” package from vmware. Please note that the vmware server web UI, i.e. the vmware-mui package does not work with this Virtual Appliance.
  5. The Virtual Appliance starts up and displays the configuration and status page. There are six tabs in this page.
    • User Guide: For users who have been invited to participate in a Thinsy Virtual Conference
    • Moderator Guide: This guide is for Moderators who want to host a Thinsy Virtual Conference

    6. The Appliance Access URL is displayed in the first webpage

    Here are links to the Moderator Guide, and the User Guide

    Browse to the URL (1) pointed out above, and login using the Moderator password ‘thinsy’. The following screen is displayed

  6. Here are some pointers for configuring the Virtual Appliance.
  7. NETWORKING CONFIGURATION: You may configure the Virtual Appliance to use a Static IP Address or a DHCP Assigned IP Address. Please ensure that the hostname is valid and the assigned IP address has a valid reverse DNS entry. In case you are using DHCP, but need to override the Hostname supplied by the DHCP Server, or if the DHCP server does not supply a Hostname, you can use the GUI to configure a valid hostname
  8. SSL CERTIFICATE SETUP: This tab is used to setup a SSL Certificate for the web server. A self signed Certificate is generated at network initialization for the web server. You can also generate a key and get a signed Certificate for the key from a real Certificate Authority, such as Verisign or Godaddy. The Thinsy Virtual Appliance includes GUI functionality for this.
  9. OUTGOING EMAIL SETUP: The Virtual Appliance includes an Email Server to take care of delivering outgoing Email. For example, this functionality is used to invite conference participants by email. In case this Virtual Appliance cannot directly send out email, and needs to forward email to another Email Server (SMARTHOST in sendmail parlance), then you can use the OUTGOING EMAIL tab to configure this. You can also supply a name and password for this server. Be sure to test outgoing email functionality by sending a test email message to your yahoo or gmail account using the simple test functionality built into this page.
  10. SIP: The Thinsy Virtual Conference Appliance is capable of connecting to a Voice Over IP switch that supports the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). This enables VoIP telephony users to dial into the Thinsy Virtual Conference using their desk phones. The SIP tab is used to configure the connection to the VoIP server. Click here for detailed instructions, including examplesEmail support@thinsy.com for help with configuring SIP.
  11. DESKTOP: The Desktop tab is used to configure the use of an external Desktop with the Thinsy Virtual Conference VA. By default, the Thinsy Virtual Conference is configured to share the built-in Linux desktop. However, it is easy to setup an external for use in the Conference. Typically a Windows XP desktop VM is prepared for this purpose. Here are the steps required to setup an external Windows VM for use in the conference:
    1. Step 1: Install Windows in a VMware VM Configure the desktop size to be 1024×768 with true color, i.e. 32 bit color. This configuration works well with the Thinsy Virtual Conference
    2. Step 2: Install a TFTP Server in the Windows VM This tftp server is required for uploading files from the browser to the remote desktop. A useful tftp server is available at Open Source TFT Server for Windows You have to configure an exception in the Windows Firewall to allow incoming connections for the tftp server. Thinsy has a windows agent in development. This Windows Agent will do the above tasks for you. Please email support@thinsy.com for early access to the Thinsy Windows Agent
    3. Step 3: Configure the .vmx file to enable the VMware built in VNC Server Once the Windows VM has all the required applications installed and ready, shut it down. Then edit the .vmx file and add the following lines
      • RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = “true“
      • RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = “5900“
      • RemoteDisplay.vnc.password = “thinsy“
    4. Step 4: Enter Settings in Thinsy VA Desktop Admin Page In the DESKTOP tab, the entries that need to be filled in are explained below:
      1. VNC Server IP Address In the case of the VMWare built in VNC Server, the VNC Server IP Address is the IP address of the VMware Server or VMware ESX or VMWare ESXi host. Please note that you may have to configure the Firewall of the VMware Server/ESX host to allow connections at port number 5900
      2. VNC Port The port configured in Step 3 above, 5900 in this example.
      3. VNC Password The VNC Passsword configured ins Step 3 above, thinsy in this example.
      4. External VM’s IP (for uploading files) Files are uploaded from the browser to the desktop in a two step method. First, the file is uploaded to the Thinsy Virtual Conference Virtual Appliance, then the file is copied to the desktop using the TFTP program. As described in Step 2 above, there is a TFTP server installed and running in the Windows Desktop. This text field is used to tell the Thinsy Virtual Appliance the IP address of the Windows VM, so that it can tftp uploaded files.
  12. USER MGMT: The final tab of the Thinsy Virtual Conference Appliance Management webpage is the User Management page. Here you can configure the Administrator password. Please note that there is a section on configuring Active Directory Authentication that is disabled in this release. The next release of the Thinsy Virtual Conference will include the capability to authenticate users using your Enterprise’s existing Active Directory user database.

 

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