@@ -11,20 +11,17 @@ nexus-client is the client component of the Nexus project, a VDI (Virtual Deskto
The full project, **nexus_vdi**, is made of 2 software components:
1.**nexus-server**: the server program (backend) that runs on the server
-exposes a REST API to manage VMs and users
-Exposes a REST API to manage VMs and users
1.**nexus-client**: the end-user program or "user interface" to manage VMs and users
- uses REST messages to communicate with the server
- can be run anywhere (locally or remotely) as long as it can communicate with the server
- used by users to authentify themselves and then to start/stop/view their VMs
- 3 clients are provided:
-`nexus-client`: a CLI client to be used from a terminal - useful too automate operations
-`nexus-client-gui`: a GUI client featuring a native desktop interface - user-friendly version for most end-users
-`nexus-client-exam`: a GUI client used during live exams
## Viewer
All clients allow a user to view (*attach*) a VM's desktop.
They use `remote-viewer` to do so. Please note that `remote-viewer` is part of the [virt-viewer project](https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer.git)
- It uses REST messages to communicate with the server
- It can be run anywhere (locally or remotely) as long as it can communicate with the server
- Users must use the client to authentify themselves and manage/use their VMs
- Currently, 2 clients are provided:
-`nexus-client`: a CLI client to be used from a terminal; it features bulk operations to automate operations such as creating/starting/stop/destroying many VMs at once (useful for live exams for instance)
-`nexus-client-exam`: a GUI client to be used during live exams
- A future client (`nexus-client-gui) featuring a GUI is in the work, but it's not ready yet
- All clients feature an "attach" function which lets users interact with their VM's desktop
- this feature requires `remote-viewer` which is part of the [virt-viewer project](https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer.git)
