Customizing the Gold Image Update Notification
Update notification messages can be customized by updating the verde-restart.txt file for its corresponding language folder. This alert file is read when the Gold Image is checked in which is the use case for when users are notified. The alert message requires users to update their dynamic guest sessions.
Default output verde-restart.txt files are added during the installation of VERDE and available in the following folder: /usr/lib/verde/etc/alerts/<locale-code> where the <locale-code> corresponds to one of the supported languages listed in the table below.
VERDE Supported Languages
| Local Code | Language |
|---|---|
| zh_CN | Chinese (Simplified) |
| zh_TW | Chinese (Traditional) |
| en | English |
| fr | French |
| de | German |
| it | Italian |
| pt | Portuguese |
| es | Spanish |
Creating a New Message
In the following example, a source file is created and named en.txt to replace the English alert message:
# VERDE alert catalog
[verde-restart]
caption = "VERDE - ALERT MESSAGE TITLE such as ADMINISTRATOR REQUESTS SHUTDOWN"
text =
Enter the text of your new message here.
Generating the New Output Message
Once the edits are complete, process the en.txt file through the message creation script, located in:
/usr/lib/verde/bin/win4-alert-catalog-preprocess.pl
This is a PERL script that generates text according to parameters in the output verde-restart.txt file.
The source file can be created in a temporary directory. The script will create a new folder named after the input file name (en) in this directory, then create and add the verde-restart.txt file in it.
Script Usage
win4-alert-catalog-process.pl [options]
Catalog Process Script Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
|
-input <catalog> |
The source file to process |
|
-output <output-directory> |
The folder where to place resulting file |
In this example:
/usr/lib/verde/bin/win4-alert-catalog-preprocess.pl -input /home/test/en.txt -output /home/test/
The verde-restart.txt is created in /home/test/en.
Do not modify the output files. The codes at the top of the file correspond to the length of the alert title or body since they are automatically generated by the script.
Activating the New Notification Message
Save the files to /usr/lib/verde/etc/alerts/<language>. File contents display in the guest session after Gold Image check- in.
Changing the Frequency of the Message
- Log into the VERDE Management Console.
- Select the Session Settings tab on the left panel.
- On the Session Settings screen, select the System tab.
- In the field beside "Time between update ready notifications (minutes)", set the value.
- Select "SAVE" to save the changes. The changes will take effect after the virtual desktop is restarted.
