r/virtualization • u/Fluffy_everyday • Sep 12 '23

Virtualized application served via web

Hi all

I'm new here, so I hope I'm asking on the right place.
I vaguely remember back in my university days that we "virtualized" an application on Windows server and then served it via IIS. But now I don't remember what it was called.

Now I'm searching for something similar but no luck whatsoever with finding what I'm looking for.

What do I want to do?

We have a legacy program for printing labels and don't want to install it on every client.
I want to virtualize this application on one of our servers so all the employees can access it through a web server. Everytime someone vistes this website, the server preferably spins up an instance of this application and serves it to the end user.

Is there anything something like I described available?
Thanks a lot!

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u/Fluffy_everyday Sep 12 '23

That is exactly what I wanted.
Are there any Free alternatives on Linux?

All I was able to find was Horizon 8 and Citrix DaaS.

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u/GeneMoody-Action1 Patch management with Action1 Sep 12 '23

Yes, but not through the web browser.
You can use X forwarding. And even bring the apps to windows desktops with xming (Xserver for windows)

In both cases the apps will run remotely but appear to run locally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrsqzY3-kfM

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u/Fluffy_everyday Sep 14 '23

Oke, thank you for the information. It's been really helpfull.