Using the VistA Appliance
Contents
Project Goal
Create a plug and play VistA virtual appliance to support training and demonstration activities.
Development Milestones
Virtual environment selection: QEMU
- Host Configuration: 10%
- Guest Configuration: 33%
- Installer design and development: 2%
- Security cerrtification: 0%
- User documentation: 5%
- Technical documentation: 1%
- Testing and User Acceptance: 0%
Development Steps
Host architecture
- Directory structure
- Guest launch scripting
Modifications: qemu-win.bat
The .bat file that comes with QEMU has been modified to launch Toaster.
The original file:
REM Start qemu on windows. @ECHO OFF REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well. SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl. SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio- help. SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor. SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0 qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda linux.img -soundhw all -localtime
The modified file:
REM Start qemu on windows. @ECHO OFF REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well. SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl. SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio-help. SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor. SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0 qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda -soundhw all -localtime -redir tcp:2222::22 -redir tcp:9297::9297 VAVistADemo200512.qcow
- Client connection configuration
Guest architecture
- Guest loading scripting
Development Resources
- [1] QEMU Main Page
Installation files
- [2] QEMU on Windows provides precompiled QEMU versions for Windows.
- [3] QEMU Accelerator Module
- [4] Detailed release notes and VA VistA Demo Toaster 20060926
- [5] BigFiles: file sharing
Open Issues & Questions
- Gain permission to distribute QEMU Accelerator Module
[6] Time Zone Map
