REMOTE-VIEWER(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation REMOTE-VIEWER(1)NAMEremote-viewer - a simple remote desktop client
SYNOPSISremote-viewer [OPTIONS] -- [URI]
DESCRIPTIONremote-viewer is a simple remote display client. The supported
protocols are SPICE and VNC.
Starting remote-viewer without URI will open a simple dialog with an
entry and a list of previously successfully accessed URI.
The URI can also point to a connection settings file, see FILE section
for a description of the format.
OPTIONS
The following options are accepted when running "remote-viewer":
-h, --help
Display command line help summary
-V, --version
Display program version number
-v, --verbose
Display information about the connection
-z PCT, --zoom=PCT
Zoom level of the display window in percentage. Range 10-200.
-f, --full-screen=<auto-conf>
Start with the windows maximized to fullscreen.
If the argument 'auto-conf' is given, the remote display will be
reconfigured to match at best the client physical monitor
configuration on initialization, by enabling or disabling extra
monitors as necessary. This is currently implemented by the Spice
backend only.
-t TITLE, --title TITLE
Set the window title to TITLE
--spice-controller
Use the SPICE controller to initialize the connection with the
SPICE server. This option is used by the SPICE browser addons to
allow web page to start a client.
--debug
Print debugging information
-H HOTKEYS, --hotkeys HOTKEYS
Override the default hotkey bindings with HOTKEYS. Where HOTKEYS is
<action1>=<hotkey1>,<action2>=<hotkey2>... Valid actions are:
toggle-fullscreen, release-cursor, smartcard-insert and smartcard-
remove. Examples:
--hotkeys=toggle-fullscreen=shift+f11,release-cursor=shift+f12
--hotkeys=release-cursor=ctrl+alt
Note that hotkeys for which no binding is given are disabled,
specifying an empty string disables all hotkeys.
-k, --kiosk
Start in kiosk mode. In this mode, the application will start in
fullscreen with minimal UI. It will prevent the user from quitting
or performing any interaction outside of usage of the remote
desktop session.
Note that it can't offer a complete secure solution by itself. Your
kiosk system must have additional configuration and security
settings to lock down the OS. In particular, you must configure or
disable the window manager, limit the session capabilities, use
some restart/watchdog mechanism, disable VT switching etc.
--kiosk-quit <never|on-disconnect>
By default, when kiosk mode is enabled, virt-viewer will remain
open when the connection to the remote server is terminated. By
setting kiosk-quit option to "on-disconnect" value, virt-viewer
will quit instead.
HOTKEY
A key binding combination is described by a series of key strings
seperated by '+' that must be pressed together in order to activate the
associated action.
It must be composed of modifiers (shift, ctrl or alt) and a non-
modifier key. For example, "shift+f11".
FILEremote-viewer connection file is of INI file format, with a mandatory
[virt-viewer] group and "type" key.
Example
Opening a file with the following content will start remote-viewer in
fullscreen and connect to the host "betsiboka" using the SPICE
protocol:
[virt-viewer]
type=spice
host=betsiboka
port=5900
fullscreen=1
Key list
"version" (string)
If remote-viewer version isn't at superior or equal to the required
version, an error is raised with the version expected.
The version format accepted is a list of integers seperated by '.'.
"type" (string, mandatory)
The session type, either "spice", "vnc" or "ovirt".
"host" (string, mandatory)
The server host to connect to.
"port" (integer)
The server port to connect to.
"tls-port" (integer)
The server TLS/SSL port to connect to.
"username" (string)
The username for the session authentication.
"password" (string)
The password for the session authentication.
"disable-channels" (string list)
The list of session channels to disable.
The current SPICE channels are: main, display, inputs, cursor,
playback, record, smartcard, usbredir.
"tls-ciphers" (string)
Set the cipher list to use for the secure connection, in textual
OpenSSL cipher list format. (see ciphers(1))
"title" (string)
String to present in the window title.
"fullscreen" (boolean)
Opens the client windows in fullscreen.
"ca" (string)
CA certificate in PEM format (using "\n" to seperate the lines),
for verification purposes.
"host-subject" (string)
Verify the certificate subject matches with the given subject.
"toggle-fullscreen" (hotkey string)
Key binding for entering and leaving fullscreen mode. (see HOTKEY
for description of expected string)
"release-cursor" (hotkey string)
Key binding for releasing cursor grab. (see HOTKEY for description
of expected string)
"smartcard-insert" (hotkey string)
Key binding for inserting emulated smartcard. (see HOTKEY for
description of expected string)
"smartcard-remove" (hotkey string)
Key binding for removing emulated smartcard. (see HOTKEY for
description of expected string)
"color-depth" (integer)
Set the color depth of the guest display (16 or 32).
"disable-effects" (string list)
A list of desktop effects to disable in the remote guest.
The effects that can be disabled with SPICE are: wallpaper, font-
smooth, animation or all.
"enable-smartcard" (boolean)
Set to 1 to enable client smartcard redirection.
"enable-usbredir" (boolean)
Set to 1 to enable client USB device redirection.
"enable-usb-autoshare" (boolean)
Set to 1 to enable client USB devices auto-sharing.
"usb-filter" (string)
Set a string specifying a filter to use to determine which USB
devices to autoconnect when plugged in, a filter consists of one or
more rules. Where each rule has the form of:
"class,vendor,product,version,allow"
Use -1 for class/vendor/product/version to accept any value.
And the rules are themselves are concatonated like this:
"rule1|rule2|rule3"
"secure-channels" (string list)
The list of session channels to secure.
The current SPICE channels are: main, display, inputs, cursor,
playback, record, smartcard, usbredir.
"delete-this-file" (boolean)
Set to 1 for the client to remove this connection file (if it
can't, it will fail silentely)
"proxy" (string)
A proxy URL to tunnel the connection through.
At the time of writing this documentation, the only supported proxy
method with Spice is HTTP CONNECT.
For example, to tunnel connection through foobar host HTTP proxy on
port 8080, use the value "http://foobar:8080".
EXAMPLES
To connect to SPICE server on host "makai" with port 5900
remote-viewer spice://makai:5900
To connect to VNC server on host "tsingy" with port 5900
remote-viewer vnc://tsingy:5900
BUGS
Report bugs to the mailing list
"http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list"
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc., and various contributors. This is
free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html".
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
"virt-viewer(1)", the project website "http://virt-manager.org"
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