SECURE ACCESS TO A VIRTUAL MACHINE

摘要

A method for providing secure access to a virtual machine includes dispensing an in corresponding to a virtual machine from a management appliance to a distributed computing system such that the virtual machine is implemented by at least one of a plurality of interconnected physical computing devices in the distributed computing system; establishing a trusted relationship between the management appliance and the virtual machine; and providing a user with access to the virtual machine from the management appliance without further authentication credentials from the user.

主权项

1. A remote server comprising:
a hypervisor to support a number of virtual machines on the remote server; and a number of virtual machines dispensed to the remote server by a management appliance, at least a first of the virtual machines to accept a trusted relationship with the management appliance from which the first virtual machine was dispensed; wherein a user accessing the first virtual machine on the remote server via the management appliance is granted access to the first virtual machine based on the trusted relationship; and wherein the user accessing the first virtual machine on the remote server via the management appliance can vary.