Get Acquainted with the CloudShare Viewer
Welcome to CloudShare! Our browser-based Viewer brings many powerful and productive features to your POC or demo experience. Here's a guide to help you start using it quickly.
Click on the web link for your POC or demo in the email that you received. The CloudShare Viewer will open in its own browser tab.
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From your browser, log in to the Viewer using your email address and the passphrase that you received. Here's an example class Login page:
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The login dialog you see may be different if you access the Viewer from another platform using a single sign-on (SSO) provider.
After login, you'll be directed to your private environment, which you will see being prepared in the CloudShare Viewer.
CloudShare's Viewer provides a full-featured, intuitive way to interact with your environment. It enables you to simultaneously access:
Virtual Machines (VMs) and external resources (e.g, public clouds) that have been set up for you;
additional content and resources, when provided;
built-in video conferencing features;
tools for collaboration, including chat and personal assistance features, when available.
Our Viewer design makes it simple for you to use these components simultaneously, and in any combination.
Top Tabs |
The tabs above the workspace provide an overview of the environment. Each VM or resource is represented by a separate tab. Just click a tab to show its content in the active workspace. The active tab is highlighted. If a VM fails to load, or has errors, a notification will appear in the active workspace. |
Active Workspace |
Here is where you work with the components that are available in your environment. The active workspace will change whenever you select a different tab. |
Left Side Menu |
Content and resources, such as an overview, user or course materials, external web links, and more, can be found in the panel to the left of the workspace. They can be activated even while a VM or other tab is being displayed. Clicking on the menu Click a menu item to display its panel. To close the panel, click on its menu item again. NoteA VM cannot be displayed in the Left Side Menu. It can only appear among the Top Tabs. |
Content Panels |
You can view a Content Panel while accessing other active workspace components, like VMs. To open a panel, click its name in the Left Side Menu. To close a panel, click on its menu name again. While it is open, a Content Panel can be adjusted to provide the optimum viewing experience for your current activity. Just drag the adjustment handle on the panel to the ideal width. |
Environment Details |
At the upper left of the Viewer you can see key details about your current environment, like its name, remaining runtime and end time. You can also access any Environment Actions that are currently available to you, including:
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Viewer Info |
This area provides access to recent CloudShare notifications, the Viewer language selector, Help links, and your user account details. |
Settings and Tools |
CloudShare provides all the settings you need for full control over your Viewer experience. More details on each function are provided below. |
While using the CloudShare Viewer, you can make various settings and adjustments, transfer text, get credentials, upload files and more.
The settings and tools available to you will vary according to the resource you are currently using. For example, if a VM is currently active, you'll see options for displaying its connection details.
Public Clouds |
This menu item is displayed when external resources are being used in the environment. Provides access to the external Public Clouds log for the current session, and also displays any available credentials for the external cloud resources currently being used. |
Connectivity |
The active remote access Connection Type is always highlighted above the Settings and Tools menu:  The connection types that are available to you will vary, depending on the OS being used by the VM. To change between connection types, simply click the desired type. The active VM will reconnect using the selected type. The Connectivity menu provides access to the following Viewer connection settings and functions:
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Display |
Provides access to the following Viewer display settings:
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Keyboard |
Provides access to various Viewer keyboard settings. The settings available will vary, depending on the VM type (e.g., Linux or Windows) that is currently active:
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File Upload |
Provides a file browser dialog box that enables you to transfer local files to the active VM. Files are transferred to the Uploads folder. This location of this folder will vary depending on the operating system of the active VM. |
If you experience any difficulty connecting to VMs or your connection seems to be running slowly, you can test your connectivity.
On the left side of the Viewer, from the Connectivity menu, select Connectivity Test.
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