What is it useful for¶
Sometimes, the test to run is very simple. Downloading the image with a domestic connection can require lot of time. The main idea is to execute the virtual machine on a remote server, and control it using VNC.
Not every test can be run this way: some tests require bare metal; some other require particular vm configurations that are not possible in this way
Setup¶
apt-get install qemu-kvm
freepto-buildtools contains a script called emu-vnc which is all you need to have.
Also, make sure that users that need to run the script are part of the kvm group:
gpasswd -a USERNAME kvm
Usage¶
On the server, run emu-vnc my.img
On your computer, run vncviewer -quality 0 -bgr -depth 8 -owncmap -via friggipizza.freepto.mx localhost
