Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) for Education

ID Date Version Classification
824808 06/26/2025 1.3.13-3.1 Public
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Environment Variable Configuration

Environment variable configuration can be found in /etc/environment on IDV Host.


# To edit /etc/environment
su sysadmin
sudo nano /etc/environment

Table 12. Environment Variable Configurations

Environment variable

Default value

Description

idvserver

<empty>

Specifies the IP address of IDV Server connected to. This value will be automatically retrieved by the system.

idv_​provision_​mode

auto

This is a depreciated variable, can ignore.

idv_​server_​mode

ubuntu

Specifies the OS of IDV Server. If idv_​server_​mode=windwos, IDV Host will connect to Windows IDV Server.

EDUBOX_​SCRIPT_​LOC

/home/idvuser/power-wifi-menu/

Specifies the location of “Power and Wi-Fi Management” GUI Menu for i3WM.

vmX_​MAC_​ADDRESS (X=1,2,3,4)

<default value generated>

Indicate the MAC address of VMs. These values will be automatically generated by the system.

NFS_​MOUNT

1

Specifies whether to connect to Ubuntu IDV Server. If NFS_​MOUNT=0, IDV Host will not sync files/images from Ubuntu IDV Server.

NFS_​TIMEOUT

30

Number of attempts to perform NFS mount to Ubuntu IDV Server. If NFS_​TIMEOUT=30 and IDV Host still fail to mount to NFS, the system will stop trying to mount NFS.

CIFS_​MOUNT

1

Specifies whether to connect to Windows IDV Server. If CIFS_​MOUNT=0, IDV Host will not sync files/images from Windows IDV Server.

CIFS_​TIMEOUT

30

Number of attempts to perform CIFS mount to Windows IDV Server. If NFS_​TIMEOUT=30 and IDV Host still fail to mount to CIFS, the system will stop trying to mount CIFS.

RUN_​WITHOUT_​MOUNT

1

Specifies whether to launch IDV Guest without connect IDV Host to IDV Server. If RUN_​WITHOUT_​MOUNT=1, IDV Guest will be launch even the IDV Host does not connect to IDV Server (given IDV Host already consist of required images and correct configuration).

IDV_​CONFIGURATOR_​TARGET

/home/idvuser/idv-client/idv-vm.conf

Specifies the IDV configuration file used.

IDV_​IMAGE_​LOCATION

/mnt/idv-disks/imgs

Specifies the location of OS images sync from IDV Server.