Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) for Education
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. |