Other Important Configurations for Windows VM

1. On the Windows VM, Open Programs and Features.



2. Click Turn Windows features on or off.



3. Look for Services for NFS, check on Administrative Tools and Client for NFS, and click OK. Once installed, exit back to the desktop.



4. To give the anonymous user write permission, changes to the UID and GID are required. Open regedit and browse to HKEY_​LOCAL_​MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ClientForNFS\CurrentVersion\Default
5. Run Command Prompt as admin and run the below command. Replace nfs_​ip with your IDV SERVER IP. Once the mount command is executed successfully, you will see the UID and GID highlighted in the red box below, as seen in Figure 9.

mount -o anon \\<nfs_ip>\home Z:
mount


Figure 9. UID and GID information



6. Create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value inside the Default folder named AnonymousUid and assign the UID found on the UNIX directory as shared by the NFS system above, as seen in Figure 9.



7. Similarly, create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value inside the Default folder named AnonymousGid and assign the GID found on the UNIX directory as shared by the NFS system as seen in Figure 9.
8. Restart the NFS client or reboot the machine to apply the changes.
9. Launch Window’s command prompt as administrator and run the following command to mount a share on the NFS system at home.

mount -o anon \\<ip-address>\home Z:

10. The share is now mounted, and we can access the data by navigating to the Z: drive.



11. Set up Veyon by following the guide in the IDV Guest (Windows) section.
12. Shut down the VM.
13. On the IDV Server, upload the generated qcow2 image file.
    sudo /opt/idv/scripts/update-img.idvserver.sh --path <IMG_PATH> --os <windows/ubuntu>