Method for realizing data sharing between client and virtual desktop, client and system

• US 10,708,339 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Changzheng, Xiu, Wenfei, Chen, Peiwen
• Primary Examiner(s): Dailey, Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US15/737,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20180375921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,531 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for realizing data sharing between a client and a virtual desktop, a client and a system. The method includes: after completing an operation of logging in a virtual desktop by a user, starting, by an SPICE client, a proxy client according to a user instruction of data sharing migration; establishing, by the proxy client, a connection with a proxy server in the virtual desktop, interacting with the proxy server through the connection to complete the configuration of an FTP server in the virtual desktop, and then starting an FTP client; and establishing, by the FTP client, a data sharing channel with the FTP server, and completing an operation of data sharing migration. Also provided are a corresponding virtual desktop client and virtual desktop system.

Claims

1. A method for realizing data sharing between a client and a virtual desktop, applied to a virtual desktop client comprising a simple protocol for independent computing environment SPICE client, a proxy client and a file transfer protocol FTP client, wherein the method comprises:

after completing an operation of logging in the virtual desktop by a user via the SPICE client, starting, by the SPICE client, the proxy client according to a user instruction of data sharing migration;

after the proxy client is started, establishing, by the proxy client, a connection with a proxy server in the virtual desktop, the proxy client interacting with the proxy server through the connection to complete configuring a FTP server in the virtual desktop, and then starting the FTP client; and

after the FTP client is started, establishing, by the FTP client, a data sharing channel with the FTP server to complete an operation of data sharing migration.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the starting, by the SPICE client, the proxy client comprises:

transferring an identity of the virtual desktop to the proxy client; and

the establishing, by the proxy client, the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop comprises;

initiating a query for a network protocol IP address to a virtualization management control center by using the identity of the virtual desktop as a keyword, and establishing the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop according to the queried IP address.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after completing the operation of logging in the virtual desktop by the user via the SPICE client, initiating a query for a network protocol IP address of the virtual desktop to an SPICE driver by using an identity of the virtual desktop as a keyword and receiving the queried IP address, by the SPICE client; and

when starting the proxy client by the SPICE client, further transferring, by the SPICE client, the IP address to the proxy client,

wherein the establishing, by the proxy client, the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop comprises;

establishing, by the proxy client, the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop according to the IP address.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after completing the operation of logging in the virtual desktop by the user via the SPICE client, establishing a channel with an SPICE driver in the virtual desktop and sending user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop to the SPICE driver through the channel, by the SPICE client.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after the proxy client establishes the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop, sending, by the proxy client, user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server through the connection, wherein the user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server is the same as or different from user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the establishing, by the FTP client, the data sharing channel with the FTP server comprises:

splicing FTP start-up parameters and establishing the data sharing channel with the FTP server according to the FTP start-up parameters, by the FTP client, wherein the FTP start-up parameters comprise an IP address of the virtual desktop, and a username and a password in user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the interacting, by the proxy client, with the proxy server through the connection comprises:

determining a configuration parameter of the FTP server to be used according to a user instruction or a default setting and sending the configuration parameter to the proxy server, by the proxy client;

or

querying a configuration parameter of the FTP server specified by the user from the virtualization management control center by using user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop as a keyword and sending the queried configuration parameter of the FTP server to the proxy server, by the proxy client.

8. A method for realizing data sharing between a client and a virtual desktop, applied to a virtual desktop system comprising a simple protocol for independent computing environment SPICE driver, a proxy server and a file transfer protocol FTP server, wherein the method comprises:

establishing, by the SPICE driver, a channel with an SPICE client in a virtual desktop client during a process that a user logs in the virtual desktop;

establishing, by the proxy server, a connection with a proxy client in the virtual desktop client, interacting with the proxy client through the connection to complete configuring the FTP server, and then starting the FTP server; and

after the FTP server is started, establishing, by the FTP server, a data sharing channel with the FTP client to complete an operation of data sharing migration.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

after the SPICE driver establishes the channel with the SPICE client in the virtual desktop client, receiving, by the SPICE driver, user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop sent by the SPICE client, and transmitting the user login information to the proxy server.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

after the proxy server establishes the connection with the proxy client in the virtual desktop client, receiving user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop sent by the proxy client and comparing the user login information with the user login information previously received by the SPICE driver, by the proxy server;

if the two user login information are the same, determining that an authentication on the user is passed, and continuously configuring the FTP server; and

if the two user login information are different, determining that the authentication on the user is failed, ending the operation of data sharing migration, and notifying the proxy client.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein

the interacting, by the proxy server, with the proxy client through the connection to complete configuring the FTP server comprises:

receiving a configuration parameter of the FTP server sent by the proxy client and proofreading the configuration parameter, by the proxy server;

if the proofreading is passed, using the received configuration parameter of the FTP server to configure the FTP server and notifying a configuration result to the proxy client; and

if the proofreading is not passed, notifying the proxy client that the configuration is failed, or using a default configuration parameter of the FTP server to configure the FTP server and notifying a configuration result to the proxy client.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the configuring, by the proxy server, the FTP server further comprises:

configuring, by the proxy server, the FTP server by using user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop as user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the interacting, by the proxy server, with the proxy client through the connection to complete configuring the FTP server further comprises:

receiving user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server sent by the proxy client and configuring the FTP server according to the user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server, by the proxy server, wherein the user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server is the same as or different from user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop.

14. A device for realizing data sharing between a virtual desktop client and a virtual desktop, wherein the virtual desktop client comprises a simple protocol for independent computing environment SPICE client, a proxy client and a file transfer protocol FTP client, the device comprising a processor and a memory storing a processor executable instruction, wherein the processor, when executing the instruction, performs the following actions:

after completing an operation of logging in the virtual desktop via the SPICE client, starting, by the SPICE client, the proxy client according to a user instruction of data sharing migration;

after the proxy client is started, establishing, by the proxy client, a connection with a proxy server in the virtual desktop, the proxy client interacting with the proxy server through the connection to complete configuring a FTP server in the virtual desktop, and then starting the FTP client; and

after the FTP client is started, establishing, by the FTP client, a data sharing channel with the FTP server to complete an operation of data sharing migration.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the starting, by the SPICE client, the proxy client comprises:

transferring an identity of the virtual desktop to the proxy client; and

the establishing, by the proxy client, the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop comprises;

initiating a query for a network protocol IP address of the virtual desktop to a virtualization management control center by using the identity of the virtual desktop as a keyword, and establishing the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop according to the queried IP address.

16. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the processor, when executing the instruction, performs:

after completing the operation of logging in the virtual desktop via the SPICE client, initiating a query for an IP address of the virtual desktop to an SPICE driver by using an identity of the virtual desktop as a keyword and receiving the queried IP address, by the SPICE client; and

when starting the proxy client by the SPICE client, further transferring, by the SPICE client, the IP address to the proxy client,

wherein the establishing, by the proxy client, the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop comprises;

establishing, by the proxy client, the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop according to the IP address.

17. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the processor, when executing the instruction, performs:

after completing the operation of logging in the virtual desktop via the SPICE client, establishing a channel with an SPICE driver in the virtual desktop and sending user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop to the SPICE driver through the channel, by the SPICE client.

18. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the processor, when executing the instruction, performs:

after the proxy client establishes the connection with the proxy server in the virtual desktop, sending, by the proxy client, user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server to the proxy server through the connection, wherein the user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server is the same as or different from user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop.

19. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the establishing, by the FTP client, the data sharing channel with the FTP server comprises:

splicing FTP start-up parameters and establishing the data sharing channel with the FTP server according to the FTP start-up parameters, by the FTP client, wherein the FTP start-up parameters comprise an IP address of the virtual desktop, and a username and a password in user login information used when the user logs in the FTP server.

20. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the interacting, by the proxy client, with the proxy server through the connection comprises:

determining a configuration parameter of the FTP server to be used according to a user instruction or a default setting and sending the configuration parameter to the proxy server, by the proxy client;

or

querying a configuration parameter of the FTP server specified by the user from the virtualization management control center by using user login information used when the user logs in the virtual desktop as a keyword and sending the queried configuration parameter of the FTP server to the proxy server, by the proxy client.