Session management

Session management provides a flexible and interactive environment for developing and testing sessions. As an administrative user, you can permit users to create and manage interactive sessions within their project environments.

Dashboard

The Session Management Dashboard provides administrators with a quick view into:

1. Instance types

2. Session states

3. Base OS

4. Projects

5. Availability zones

6. Software stacks

Additionally, administrators can:

7. Refresh the dashboard to update information.

8. Choose View Sessions to navigate to Sessions.

Sessions

Sessions displays all virtual desktops created within Research and Engineering Studio. From the Sessions page, you can filter and view session information or create a new session.

1. Use the menu to filter results by sessions created or updated within a specified time frame.

2. Select a session and use the Actions menu to:

   1. Resume Session(s)

   2. Stop/Hibernate Session(s)

   3. Force Stop/Hibernate Session(s)

   4. Terminate Session(s)

   5. Force Terminate Session(s)

   6. Session(s) Health

   7. Create Software Stack

3. Choose Create Session to create a new session.

4. Search for a session by name and filter by state and operating system.

5. Choose the Session Name to view more details.

Create a session

1. Choose Create Session. The Launch New Virtual Desktop modal opens.

2. Enter details for the new session.

3. (Optional.) Turn on Show Advanced Options to provide additional details such as subnet ID and DCV session type.

4. Choose Submit.

   

Session details

From the Sessions list, choose the Session Name to view session details.

Software Stacks (AMIs)

Note

To run the provided CentSO7 software stack in AWS GovCloud (US), you will need to subscribe to the AMI within AWS Marketplace using your linked standard account.

From the Software Stacks page, you can configure Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and manage existing AMIs.

1. To search for an existing software stack, use the operating system drop-down to filter by OS.

2. Choose the name of a software stack to view details about the stack.

3. Once you select a software stack, use the Actions menu to edit the stack and assign the stack to a project.

4. The Register Software Stack button lets you create a new stack:

   1. Choose Register Software Stack.

   2. Enter details for the new software stack.

   3. Choose Submit.

      

Assign software stack to a project

When you are creating a new software stack, you can assign the stack to projects. If you need to add the stack to a project after the initial creation, do the following:

Note

You can only assign software stacks to projects of which you are a member.

1. Select the software stack you need to add to a project from the Software Stacks page.

2. Choose Actions.

3. Choose Edit.

4. Use the Projects drop-down to select the project.

5. Choose Submit.

You can also edit the software stack from the stack details page.

View software stack details

From the Software Stacks list, choose the Software Stack Name to view details. From the details page, you can also choose Edit to edit the software stack.

Permission Profiles

Use Permission Profiles to create and manage reusable profiles for permissions.

1. Search for a permission profile.

2. Choose the Profile ID to view details.

3. When a profile is selected, use the Actions menu to edit the profile.

4. Choose Create Permission Profile to create a new profile.

Create a permission profile

1. Choose Create Permission Profile.

2. Enter details for the new profile and use the permission toggles to select permissions for the profile.

3. Choose Submit.

Edit a permission profile

1. Select the permission profile you need to edit from the Permission Profiles page.

2. Choose Actions.

3. Choose Edit Permission Profile.

4. Edit the profile.

5. Choose Submit.

View permission profile details

From the Permission Profiles list, choose the Profile ID to view details. From the details page, you can also choose Edit to edit the permission profile.

Debugging

The debugging panel displays message traffic associated with the virtual desktops. You can use this panel to observe activity between hosts. The VD Host tab displays instance specific activity, and the VD Sessions tab displays in-progress session activity.

Desktop settings

You can use the Desktop Settings page for configuring resources associated with virtual desktops. The Server tab provides access to settings such as:

• DCV session idle timeout

• Idle timeout warning

• CPU utilization threshold

• Allowed sessions per user