Die Entwickler von RemoteBox, einer Oberfläche zum Administrieren entfernter VirtualBox-Instanzen, haben die Version 1.3 veröffentlicht.
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Oracles freie Virtualisierungssoftware VirtualBox hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren einen festen Platz im Reigen der Virtualisierungs-Lösungen für den Desktop erkämpft, nicht zu verwechseln mit Desktop-Virtualisierung (VDI). VirtualBox ist ein reiner Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) für den Desktop ähnlich Qemu. VirtualBox erlaubt jedoch nur bedingt den verteilten Einsatz. Zwar lassen sich ISOs und Images durchaus auf einem Dateiserver ablegen und verwalten, der eigentlich Zugriff erfolgt aber stets über den Virtual Maschine Monitor, der daher auf jedem Rechner installiert sein muss, der die Virtualisierung mit VirtualBox nutzen möchte.
Die freie (GPL) in Perl und GTK programmierte Software RemoteBox (http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/) wurde dagegen zu dem Zweck entwickelt, über eine grafische Oberfläche auf VirtualBox-Instanzen zugreifen zu können, die auf einem anderen Rechner laufen. Der Nutzer verbindet sich dazu über RDP mit der Anzeige des Gastsystems, was eine mit VMware Server vergleichbare Funktionalität ermöglicht. Die Entwickler bezeichnen RemoteBox daher selbst als freien VirtualBox-Client mit Remote Management.
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Bilderstrecke
Die jetzt veröffentlichte Version 1.3 der Software steht auf der Download-Seite (http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/downloads.cgi) des Projekts als Quelltext zur Verfügung, inklusive aller Informationen zu den neu hinzugekommenen Funktionen (http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/news.cgi). Gegenüber der Vorgängerversion bringt RemoteBox 1.3 Verbesserungen bei der Verbindungsbehandlung und verwendet einen Heartbeat, der für das Aufrechterhalten der Netzwerkverbindungen sorgt. Ferner lassen sich USB-Geräte im laufenden Betrieb am Gast anschließen oder entfernen. Darüber hinaus soll das GUI auch reaktionsfreudiger geworden sein.
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Release Notes
Added option to automatically start chosen guests when the host system boots. This requires some server side configuration before it can be used. Consult the RemoteBox manual for more information.
Added option to set the start delay on an autostarting guest so that guests can be started up in a specific sequence if required.
Added option to set the shutdown type on a guest when the host is shutdown
Added VirtualBox preference to set the location of the autostart database
Snapshot Tree: Moved 'current state' underneath the most recent snapshot in the tree
Added state icons to the snapshot list, which indicate if a snapshot is an online or offline snapshot
Optimized list handling in several places which should improve performance and remember selections on list refreshes where practical.
Added additional information when a storage medium is selected in the VMM
Added additional guest keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl-Alt-(F4, F5, F6, F8, F9, F10, F11)
Added ability to add, remove and edit NAT Networks via the VirtualBox preferences menu item. Port forwarding rules must be configured elsewhere for the moment.
Added option to set the network attachment type in the guest settings to 'NAT Network'. These are named NAT networks which are subtly different to just 'NAT'.
Added option to set the snapshot folder location for a guest
Added OS icons for various editions of MacOS X.
Added support for guest groups. Groups are shown in a tree-fashion which is somewhat visually different to VirtualBox. Setting guest groups is fairly rudimentary at the moment requiring you to enter the group in the form of '/group/subgroup'.
Added 'Expand All Groups' and 'Collapse All Groups' buttons. The last used button is remembered for subsequent refreshes of the guest list
Fixed some Windows guest icons.
Fixed a bug when creating Host-Only networks. An associated virtual DHCP server wasn't getting created which would cause invalid object references and ultimately made the Host-Only network feature useless.
Fixed a bug when entering folders in the remote file chooser that denied permission but the location was still updated. Now also warns that you don't have permission to enter that folder
Fixed a bug where a medium would be masked out in lists if another medium with the same name existed.
Fixed a bug where the Video Memory could get erroneously pegged to 1MB on the first opening on the settings dialog.
Inaccessible guests are now filtered from the list of guests and a warning issued in the message log. RemoteBox has never handled inaccessible guests well and for the most part the cause is generally the user manipulating guests without VirtualBox's knowledge.
Various GUI tweaks
http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/
Changelog
RemoteBox now requires VirtualBox 5.0.x
Added guest support for USB 3.0.
Added OS icons for Windows 10, OS/2 1.x, Yosemite, El Capitan
Added command line options for automatic login. See manual.
Added option to set the virtual VGA card of a guest to either VirtualBox VGA or VMware SVGA-II
Allow snapshots to be taken while the guest is paused
Added support for adding USB storage controller to a guest
Added support for adding transient shared folders
Added support for setting IPv6 Port Forwarding rules on NAT networks
Added option to convert disk images to VDI when importing an appliance
Changed the way guest details are displayed and added an option to show extended (slower) or reduced (faster) guest details
Added support for selecting built-in presets for the RDP clients. These are currently FreeRDP (New Syntax), FreeRDP (Old Syntax), Rdesktop, Windows Remote Desktop Client
Added support for selecting the paravirtualization interface for a guest
Added keyboard toolbutton for quick access to common keyboard sequences. The full keyboard menu is still available
Fixed a problem with trailing slashes in a URL preventing the remote display to a guest from opening.
Fixed a problem with UTF8 strings affecting the listing of storage attached to controllers
Fixed an issue where 'Stuck' guests couldn't be stopped from the GUI.
Various GUI tweaks
http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/
Changelog
Added support for TCP mode on virtual serial ports
Added support for encryption of the guest
Added additional fields in the VMM, Encrypted & UUID
Added support for 4 serial ports
Added support for setting the audio controller codec
Paused guests can now be powered off
Set default guest OS types for new guests to Windows 7 64bit, Ubuntu 64bit, Solaris 11 64bit for their respective OS families
Improved logon failure error reporting. It should help determine whether the failed logon is incorrect credentials or the service not running
Fixed an issue exporting appliances of guests with USB attached storage. USB attached storage is not supported by appliances.
Various GUI tweaks
http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/