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| − | Here is why [http://www.rackspace.com RackSpace] is fun: Imagine you want to book a rental car in the USA via the internet. Your browser recognizes you are from Germany and Hertz charges you | + | Here is why [http://www.rackspace.com RackSpace] is fun: Imagine you want to book a rental car in the USA via the internet. Your browser recognizes you are from Germany and Hertz charges you double the rate. What do you do? Go to http://manage.rackspacecloud.com and provision your own computer in the cloud. There you start a firefox and book your car from a US location. Here is how: |
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* on your desktop, connect to the server. Let's assume the IP is 50.46.24.201: | * on your desktop, connect to the server. Let's assume the IP is 50.46.24.201: | ||
vncviewer 50.46.24.201:1 | vncviewer 50.46.24.201:1 | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 8 May 2011
Here is why RackSpace is fun: Imagine you want to book a rental car in the USA via the internet. Your browser recognizes you are from Germany and Hertz charges you double the rate. What do you do? Go to http://manage.rackspacecloud.com and provision your own computer in the cloud. There you start a firefox and book your car from a US location. Here is how:
- provision a Ubuntu 10.10 server
- easy click-through on http://manage.rackspacecloud.com
- on the server, install a VNC server with a usable environment
cat >>/etc/apt/sources.list<<EOF deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ maverick main multiverse EOF apt-get update apt-get install tightvnc-java apt-get install tightvncserver apt-get install xterm apt-get install twm vncserver
- on your desktop, connect to the server. Let's assume the IP is 50.46.24.201:
vncviewer 50.46.24.201:1
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