Application Jukebox User Day

Users' experience: CSUC

18th of November 2015

About VirtLabs project

Collaborative project with eight universities: UB, UAB, UPF, UOC, UVIC,

UdL, URV, UdG and CSUC.

To analyze and deploy “new” technologies in application virtualization field.

Current stage: Second trial execution. (30/11)

Purpose: Create a new apps market for participant Universities .

Application Jukebox Trial (I)

CSUC Trial features:

• Based in S2HUB portal

• LDAP integration (OpenLDAP, Oracle Directory Server)

• AD integration with SSO capabilities

• Integration with Identity Federation (SIR)

• Deployed in CSUC Cloud infrastructure

Application Jukebox Trial (II)

Main trial conclusions:

• 34 «cloudified» different applications.

• Low impact on Infrastructure costs .

• Good identity integration.

• License control .

• Useful reporting.

• Outside institution application conssumption.

Application Jukebox Trial (III)

Jukebox limits:

• Only for Windows platforms.

• Needs to consume applications from more devices: Linux, Mac, Android, tablets,

etc....

A VDI platform should help us...

Citrix XenApp Trial (I)

CSUC Pilot features:

• Hybrid Cloud (Cloud bursting)

• Broker in CSUC / Citrix XenApp Farm in Azure

• IPSEC Tunnel through Azure Gateway

Intregration Citrix XenApp with Application Jukebox

Publish an Citrix App Shortcuts as New External Application in Software2

Hub.

Demo Citrix XenApp with Application Jukebox

Virtlabs feedback

Our Santa Claus letter for Christmas ans S2Hub

• Authorization process automation.

• Scheduling policies.

• IP adresses restriction by App.

• Better integration with Citrix XenApp

• Mixed application market - Jukebox + VDI

Support reminder…

Sofware2 Support

http://support.software2.co.uk/forums

Lista de distribución en RedIRIS

iris-jukebox@listserv.rediris.es

Thanks!