In Kasm Workspaces 1.14.0 the VM Provider configuration is defined in a Server Pool's Auto Scaling configuration. Each VM provider corresponds to a cloud service provider or hypervisor. The VM Provider configuration has a place to define a startup script, which will be executed when the VM boots up.
Kasm replaces variables in the script that are wrapped in curly brackets, such as {connection_username}, with values. The following table lists the variables and a description.
| Variable Name | Description |
|---|---|
| connection_username | If the auto-scale configuration is set to use a static username for Kasm user sessions, the username will be contained in this variable. |
| connection_password | If the auto-scale configuration is set to use a static password for Kasm user sessions, this variable will contain the password. |
| ad_join_credential | If the auto-scale configuration is set to join the VM to an Active Directory domain, Kasm creates the AD record and sets a random password that can only be used for joining the VM to the domain. This can then be used in a Powershell startup script to complete the process of joining the system to the domain. |
| domain | If the auto-scale configuration is set to join the VM to an Active Directory domain, this variable will contain the name of the domain. |
If your script uses curly brackets, aside from Kasm variables, you must escape them by doubling them up. Here is an example.
VARIABLE="This is an example of curly brackets being escaped in a script."
echo "${{VARIABLE}}"The example script ubuntu.sh installs KasmVNC on the Ubuntu VM and configures a KasmVNC user using the configured username and password in the auto-scale configuration's Connection User and Connection Password fields. Kasm Workspaces can also work with a traditional VNC server. The example ubuntu.sh script also includes a function for installing, configuring, and starting tigervnc on the default port 5901.
Additional KasmVNC installers for other distros can be found on the public KasmVNC github repository