MACHINE IDENTITY PERSISTENCE FOR USERS OF NON-PERSISTENT VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

摘要

Examples perform creation of a non-persistent virtual machine with a persistent machine identity associated with the user of the virtual machine, to provide consistent virtual desktop sessions to the user. Some examples contemplate that the machine identity is inserted into a virtual machine created through cloning, forking, or from a virtual machine pool.

主权项

1. A method for enabling software that demands a stable machine identity to be executed on a non-persistent virtual machine, the method comprising:
suspending execution of a parent virtual machine (VM); receiving a request from a user for a virtual desktop that includes one or more applications requiring a stable machine identity between sessions; determining an identity of the user requesting the virtual desktop; forking a child VM from the parent VM to create the virtual desktop; obtaining a static machine identity associated with the identity of the user and inserting the static machine identity into the child VM, wherein inserting the static machine identity provides the stable machine identity for the one or more applications executed during a session on the virtual desktop; and providing the virtual desktop to a user device.