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  2. COCKPIT-1209

Cockpit VM Console "Desktop Viewer" drop-down has outdated/broken info

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      To Reproduce:

      • Create a new RHEL 9.5 system that is capable of creating and managing vms with libvirt and Cockpit with the "Virtual Machines" application installed
      • Create a new VM, any OS, any type
      • Once created, if navigating from the home screen:
        • Login to Cockpit WebUI
        • Click "Virtual Machines" in the sidebar
        • Click into the name of your VM
        • If the VM is booted, by default you should see a "VNC Console" active
        • Click the "VNC Console" drop-down, then select "Desktop Viewer"
        • Here, click into "Remote Viewer Details" to expand the section
      • This is the issue, the text expanded under "Remote Viewer Details" has a reference to a Windows MSI that does not appear to be maintained any longer, and the virt-manager.org link embedded hits a 404

      The text:

       

      Clicking "Launch remote viewer" will download a .vv file and launch Remote Viewer.
      
      Remote Viewer is available for most operating systems. To install it, search for it in GNOME Software or run the following:
      RHEL, CentOS:    sudo yum install virt-viewer
      Fedora:          sudo dnf install virt-viewer
      SLE, openSUSE:   sudo zypper install virt-viewer
      Ubuntu, Debian:  sudo apt-get install virt-viewer
      Windows:         Download the MSI from virt-manager.org

       

       

      The main issue is with the Windows Entry. That virt-manager url directs here, which returns a 404

       

      I was also unable to locate a recently updated Windows MSI, is this even available?

       

      Package and system details:

       

      [dsheets@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep cockpit
      cockpit-bridge-323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64
      cockpit-system-323.1-1.el9_5.noarch
      cockpit-storaged-323.1-1.el9_5.noarch
      cockpit-packagekit-323.1-1.el9_5.noarch
      cockpit-podman-93.1-1.el9_5.noarch
      cockpit-ws-323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64
      cockpit-machines-318.1-1.el9_5.noarch
      cockpit-pcp-323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 
      
      
      [dsheets@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.5 (Plow)

       

       

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              rhn-support-dsheets Daniel Sheets
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