x2gobroker.brokers.zeroconf_broker module

x2gobroker.brokers.zeroconf_broker.X2GoBroker class - a demo X2GoBroker implementations that needs not configuration at all

class x2gobroker.brokers.zeroconf_broker.X2GoBroker(config_file=None, config_defaults=None)

Bases: X2GoBroker

backend_name = 'zeroconf'

list_profiles(username)

Retrieve a list of session profiles for the authenticated user.

With the zeroconf broker backend, this list of session profiles is hard-coded. This if for testing purposes, only.

Parameters:

username (str) – query session profile list for this user

Returns:

list of profile dictionaries

Return type:

dict

select_session(profile_id, username=None, **kwargs)

Start/resume a session by selecting a profile name offered by the X2Go client.

With the zeroconf broker backend, the X2Go server that the session is launched on is hard-coded (localhost, port 22). This is for testing purposes only.

Parameters:

• profile_id (str) – the selected profile ID. This matches one of the dictionary keys offered by the list_profiles method

• username (str) – specify X2Go Server username that this operation runs for

• pubkey (str) – The broker clients may send us a public key that we may temporarily install into a remote X2Go Server for non-interactive login

Returns:

the seclected session (X2Go session ID)

Return type:

str