Bug 1389241

In (per-user) Options, there's 'Connect Automatically' checkbox now. Thus this BZ can be closed with info that place where this feature is configured has moved.

That was indeed done in 4.0 as part of infra's SSO feature. It should have been documented there, it may be in progress....worth checking. Which docs did you check?

A(In reply to Michal Skrivanek from comment #2)
> That was indeed done in 4.0 as part of infra's SSO feature. It should have
> been documented there, it may be in progress....worth checking. Which docs
> did you check?

At least /docs/manual/en_US/html/Introduction_to_the_User_Portal/Logging_in_to_the_User_Portal1.html still mentions this checkbox.

Right, changing to documentation issue.

In "Introduction to the User Portal" it is stated that:
"If you have only one running virtual machine in use, optionally select the Connect Automatically check box to connect directly to your virtual machine."

which is not true anymore. Since 4.0. this "connect automatically" chackbox is in "options" dialog, not on login screen.

Assigning to Emma for review.

Emma, this should simply involve removing all references to the "connect automatically" check box on the login screen, including screen captures that include the check box.

The new placement of the check box - in the 'Options' dialog in the User Portal - should be documented, if it has not already been.

Tomas, please clarify how this feature works as the documentation in the Introduction Guide seems to imply that the feature only works if there is ONE running VM, however, the tooltip in the Edit Options window refers to connecting to the FIRST running VM.

So, can there be more than one running VM when the user logs in for this feature to work? If yes, please specify what is meant by "the first one"?

Does it mean furthest to the left of the window/the vm that has been running the longest?

Also, the tooltip mentions "if overt-engine has the user's password" but in what situation would we not know the user's password if he must always log in to the system?

(In reply to emma heftman from comment #7)
> Tomas, please clarify how this feature works as the documentation in the
> Introduction Guide seems to imply that the feature only works if there is
> ONE running VM, however, the tooltip in the Edit Options window refers to
> connecting to the FIRST running VM.

okey, this is a bit confusing. There has to be exactly 1 VM to which it is possible to connect.
e.g. if you have 30 VMs down and 1 UP, than the connect automatically will open console to this one running VM. But, if you had 2 running VMs, than it would not open any console.

> 
> So, can there be more than one running VM when the user logs in for this
> feature to work? If yes, please specify what is meant by "the first one"?
> 
> Does it mean furthest to the left of the window/the vm that has been running
> the longest?
> 
> Also, the tooltip mentions "if overt-engine has the user's password" but in
> what situation would we not know the user's password if he must always log
> in to the system?

If the user uses Kerberos SSO than we don't get it. In other situations (e.g. filling name/password in the login form) we have it and can use it.

Link to the updated documentation on the customer portal:

4.1:

Introduction to the User Portal:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.1-beta/html-single/introduction_to_the_user_portal/#Logging_in_to_the_User_Portal1

Virtual Machine Management:4.1:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.1-beta/html-single/virtual_machine_management_guide/#sect-Starting_the_Virtual_Machine

4.0:

Introduction to the User Portal:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.0/html-single/introduction_to_the_user_portal/#Logging_in_to_the_User_Portal1

Virtual Machine Management:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.0/html-single/virtual_machine_management_guide/#sect-Starting_the_Virtual_Machine