Creating Standalone Desktops

To create Standalone Desktops:

1. Click 'Standalones' in the top menu
2. Click 'Create New Standalone' Desktop
3. A dialogue box will appear as shown below

The meaning of each field is explained below:

• GPU Model
  Choose GPU and type, if required. Ticking the 'Display GPU enabled servers' will only show servers with GPU's available
• Datacentre / Server
  Choose the datacentre region and server closest to your location here in New Zealand
• OS to clone from
  A number of different Operating Systems are available.
  
  
  
  If a template is labelled 'Copy Required', then the template is available but will need to be copied to that Server before it can be used. Generally, only Windows OS may incur extra fees.
• Include Custom, RC, and Old Versions
  DaDesktop updates OS templates regularly, albeit if you are experiencing any problems with the newest template, you may try using an older version
   
• Memory
  How much memory the desktops should be limited to. Please keep in mind that you are, by default, limited by the server resources. Each server can have different memory limits. If you need to increase these limits, please contact us via Support Chat.
• Label
  Insert an Alias if required to choose a simpler label for your standalone.
   

OS Template to Clone from

There are a number of options when choosing and creating which Operating System Template to use.

You can choose from Windows, or a variety of different Linux distros such as Ubuntu, Debian, Almalinux etc.

A pre-built template normally indicated by a version number such as VXX eg V51, can be used.

Alternatively, we now also offer the ability to build fully up to date Linux templates. The 'Build New' Linux templates use a completely different build system, where the Linux sources are used along with a script that provides the essential DaDesktop customisations necessary. This means that the template is always fully up to date, fully secure and is easier to deploy and maintain.

Building OS Template

After selecting the required template, you will see the pop-up below.

Click 'Start Building'

The standalone will now be built for you. Please note that the build process may take longer than 30s, and if it seems to have stalled, you'll need to wait a bit longer.

 

 

Built template now available

Now that the template has been built, you can change any options as needed, then click 'Save and Create Desktop'.

Your Standalone is being created — this normally only takes a few moments, much less than building the template itself.

Your new Standalone is now ready. In the example below, it's called 'julian-6iqm', but you could have given it a more descriptive label instead, if you preferred.

Click 'Connect' to start and connect to your Standalone machine.