The document discusses an open-source web UI for the Hyper-V console developed by Cloudbase Solutions, which utilizes an RDP approach with specific settings such as a unique port. The solution is based on FreeRDP and is compatible across multiple operating systems, offering a web gateway that supports HTML5 and can be embedded in any website. Future plans include merging their forked code into the main FreeRDP repositories.

1. An open source web UI for
the Hyper-V console
Alessandro Pilotti
CEO Cloudbase Solutions
@cloudbaseit

2. The Hyper-V console
 Hyper-V provides console access via RDP, but using
additional settings compared to a standard RDP connection
 Hyper-V Manager / VMConnect are using it
 Port: 2179 (instead of 3389)
 PCB: pr”econnection blob, contains the VM ID (a GUID)
 Powershell: get-vm | select id, name
 Passing the PCB is possible using:
 the Microsoft remote Desktop ActiveX control
 FreeRDP

3. FreeRDP
 Our solution based on FreeRDP
 Open Source RDP client (Apache 2)
 https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP
 Works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
 Web gateway based on FreeRDP-WebConnect
 https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP-WebConnect

4. Web gateway
 Client
 HTML5
 Works on any modern browser
 Web sockets for data transfer
 Canvas for painting
 Can be embedded in any web site
 Server proxy
 (wsgate) written in C++
 Currently working on Linux

5. Fork repositories
 Here are our forks:
 https://github.com/cloudbase/FreeRDP
 https://github.com/cloudbase/FreeRDP-WebConnect
 We plan to merge the code in the main FreeRDP repos
 Contacts:
 Twitter: @cloudbaseit
 Github: cloudbase
 Webcast available at: http://bit.ly/VgwMvs