How to set up a program for managing a Veyon computer class
Veyon is designed specifically for monitoring and managing computers. She
used in educational institutions, for virtual training or
remote support. Allows the teacher to broadcast to students
image from your screen, block their computers, install
access rights to programs and sites and perform other actions,
necessary for effective conduct of classes.
Video instructions For setup of Veyon, see our channel.
Veyon is included in the Viola Education OS distribution kit in the Basic Educational Kit group. If the program was not installed during system installation, it can be installed from the repository using the Discover program center, the Synaptic package manager, or through the terminal. Technical requirements for equipment can be found on the Veyon website.
Server Tuning
To configure via the graphical interface, launch the Veyon configurator, enter a username with administrator rights and password.
In the Main section, select the access key authentication method.
In the “Network Objects Directory” block, in the backend field, select “Built-in computers and locations in local settings”.
Go to the “Service” section.
Make sure the session is set to local session mode.
In the “VNC Server” block, in the “Plugin” field, select “Built-in VNC server (x11vnc)”.
Start the service if it is not already running.
In the Access Control section, select default user groups.
In the “Authentication Keys” section, click the “Create Key Pair” button, enter a name for the key pair, for example, “teacher”.
As a result, two keys were created: open (Public) and private (Private). By default, they are readable by all users.
To limit management access, you need to select the private key and click “Set access group”. Then you need to select a group of users who will be allowed to manage Veyon. Now only users belonging to the “teacher” group will have access to the private key.
You must copy the public key to all computers to which Veyon will connect. To make setup easier, you can also transfer the configuration file in JSON format.
Select the public key, click “Export Key”. Specify the directory for export, click “Save”.
To save the settings, click the “Apply” button and answer “Yes” to the question about restarting the service.
Export the configuration: “File”, “Save parameters to file”, preferably to the same folder in which the public key is saved.
Now you can transfer files to all computers on the network to user home folders using an external drive, through a shared directory or the ssh network protocol.
After that, in the “Seats and Computers” section, you need to add classes and computers. To create a new place, at the bottom of the page you need to click “+” under the “Places” block and enter the name of the class or study group.
To add a computer, click “+” under the “Computers” block and mark all the necessary machines. For each you need to set a name and enter an IP address.
For the settings to take effect, you need to restart the service.
Client setup
If Veyon has not previously been installed on student computers, it must be installed. Veyon Master does not need to be installed.
Open the Veyon configurator.
Settings can be loaded from a configuration file saved on the teacher's computer. In the “File” menu, “Load settings from file”, select the previously copied configuration file. Click the “Apply” button.
If the file is not there, you can configure it manually.
In the Main section, select the access key authentication method.
In the “Network Objects Directory” block, in the backend field, select “Built-in computers and locations in local settings”.
Go to the “Service” section.
Make sure the session is set to local session mode.
In the “VNC Server” block, in the “Plugin” field, select “Built-in VNC server (x11vnc)”.
Start the service if it is not already running.
In the Access Control section, select default user groups.
In the Authentication Keys section, click the Import Key button and import the public key created when setting up the server.
Getting started with Veyon
On the server, launch Veyon Monitor. In the “Monitoring” section, check whether client workstations appear in the list. If everything is configured correctly, enabled computers will appear in the list. All main functions are displayed at the top of the window.
You can take a free introductory course on working with Veyon on the Alt Academy educational portal.
