We will describe a simple flexVDI configuration with no user authentication. This configuration is used to provide access to VDI in environments such as libraries and classrooms, where any user can access a terminal, and use it. There is no distinction among users in this configuration. However, since there is no authentication, you must configure the guest environment so that users do not have access to privileged resources (e.g. use guest accounts, put virtual desktops behind a firewall, limit bandwidth usage, etc).
Description of system operation by end users
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- Takes a terminal (thin client, PC, or any other) and opens flexVDI Client if it is not already open.
- flexVDI Client sends the terminal identifier (hardware device) to flexVDI Manager.
- flexVDI Manager decides which desktop will be presented to the user, according to its configuration. In environments like this, user desktops are all the same for a group of users: they are generated by cloning a Guest template. In this way, users can get fresh machines that are deleted and regenerated automatically periodically.
- flexVDI Client opens a connection to the user's desktop, who can start using it.
- Once the clone is no longer used, flexVDI can delete it to make room for new clones for the next users.
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