Does anyone know of a website that allows me to create virtual machines with various versions of Windows, Mac OS, and Linux and VNC into them, so I can test an application on multiple platforms? (with a paid subscription, of course)
If only DigitalOcean provided Windows and Mac Droplets it would be just what I'm looking for.
If none exists you can thank me for the idea :)
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I've watched many tutorials which instructors thought how to install adobe connect on local windows server mostly in VMware. I guess I need vps to follow those instructions.
What I'm really looking for is how to install adobe connect on subdomain of my shared hosting which uses cpanel. Is it even possible?
If yes, is there any tutorial how to do?
Thanks
No, Adobe Connect requires a dedicated Windows Server to run. I made dozens of Adobe Connect installations, I provide professional installation help, installation scenario depends on your usage requirements (concurrent users etc.) therefore you may need additional servers for your installation.
Current version requires virtual servers running on Vmware ESX, but I made installations on several other virtualization products with no problem.
I don't know whether this is possible but would like to give it a go and see if someone knows something about it.
I work with applications that fix phones and sometime it happens that driver of one application can conflict with another.
I was wondering if is possible to create multiple virtual machines (lightweight) that can host a single software and just drivers related to it so I can isolate the environment from other software.
Let's say I want to create one virtual machine that when I turn on, it will only open a samsung app,it will have it's own drivers, dedicated small space and device connection ability.
I want to do this with multiple software.
I heard of virtual machines like virtual box but thought they are too heavy for running a single app.
How about docker or something similar? can they work for this purpose?
NOTE: I want to run software that run on win 7 only.
Thanks
Docker runs only on Linux; you will need sort of "full virtualization" software to run it on Windows!
I know of several VM software for Windows, but all of them are rather heavy for running a single app. Also, I think you need separate Windows license for each "guest" ("child") Windows installation.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-best-and-cheapest-ways-to-get-windows-and-linux-for-virtual-machines/
Does Windows (some modern flavour) have an mDNS server installed and/or running by default? If so then how does one tell it, preferably dynamically, to start/stop advertising a new service?
If there is no standard then how does one deal with the problem of conflicts trying to run multiple mDNS servers in that environment?
Basically, I want to implement a service that will run on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and which needs to advertise its zeroconf webserver location using mDNS. On Linux I just use avahi-publish (or install a config file). I'm guessing that the answer will be straightforward for OS X. I'm struggling to find information for Windows.
Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft made strides towards a native Windows implementation of mDNS and DNS-SD.
While earlier iterations have been limited to UWP apps, a general Win32 API has been exposed from at least SDK version 10.0.18362.0 (1903/19H1, May 2019).
Note: This implementation is currently confirmed working only for 64bit build targets, there is an open issue preventing compilation for 32bit targets.
Outdated note from a previous version of this answer:
Early iterations resulted in mDNS network flooding:
Windows 10, in its default configuration, will spam its local networks
by responding to all mDNS requests with null response packets.
This issue was fixed in Windows 10 1511 (10586) and above
Last time I needed one, Apple's Bonjour Print Services for Windows was the most convenient mDNS client for Windows I could find. Only 5MB.
No, Microsoft doesn't directly support Multicast-DNS.
However, there appear to be several 3rd-party alternatives:
http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-development-virtual-machines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_%28software%29
http://www.icir.org/gregor/tools/autoconf-protocols.html
http://www.zeroconf.org/
... and ...
http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2008/04/01/how-to-benefit-from-link-local-multicast-name-resolution.aspx
Have also successfully used C++/WinRT for dnssd discovery directly from C++ now. It appears from our perspective to be quicker and more reliable to query services and will let you easily install a watcher to get notifications when devices arrive etc. Of course, this is limited to versions of Windows 10 with support for C++/WinRT, which starts with 10.0.17134.0 (Windows 10, version 1803).
One caveat: We've noticed that it does not provide, nor recognise, a FQDN (trailing dot). So for a device that Bonjour OR Avahi would give an address of mydevice.local., Windows instead gives mydevice.local. Attempting to ping mydevice.local. under Windows 10 (1809) fails.
Windows 10 supports natively mDNS/Zeroconf, but only for modern APIs, not for Win32 applications.
If you have such an application, a third party service is required.
Source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8a0346de-2296-4f46-bc36-ff3fb13e283b/builtin-mdnsdnssd-zeroconf-support-in-windows-10
The short answer is to support both Avahi and Bonjour. You'll need Bonjour support to run on OSX anyway, and if a Windows user has installed iTunes they'll already be running it.
As a fallback for Windows users not running iTunes, you can compile Avahi as a library for Windows (with a bit of effort) and bundle it. This is a non-trivial bit of packaging, but the alternative is requiring your Windows users to install iTunes in order to use your application.
I am working on a web app that will run only on firefox and on win / linux machine.
I have done that thing and now want to test with various environment like mac, android, opera browser etc.
My query is whether there is any test environment (simulator) available that will allow me to test the app on different platform without testing on real machine?
Thanks to all
You could give a try with a virtual machine like VirtualBox / VirtualPC / VMWare.
Some Windows versions are available freely as virtual machines images in the Microsoft site.
Not sure for the rest , as you write first
a web app that will run only on firefox and on win / linux machine.
...but then talk about mac and android.
For android, you could give a try with their emulator.
For Mac OS I am afraid that you won't find legal solutions.
I need to provide our web developers an easy and quick way to test their code on multiple browsers. Here's my current plan:
Get a Mac
Install Windows XP and Linux over VMWare
Install all possible major browsers on these OSes, including on the Mac and the god-forsaken IE6.
This will allow developers to use the system to test their applications.
But is it possible to give them some sort of desktop sharing tool, so they can test remotely... keeping in mind that the their systems can be windows, linux(linus?) or macs.
Or am I doing it all wrong?
There are a few viable options I have used:
Get hardware. If you develop on Macs and have an old Windows box laying around, you might as well use it. You then need to figure out how you are going to connect to it. I have used:
(a) remote control tool (like VNC) to
a shared box. At one company we had a
IE6 testing box we all VNCed into
(b) Synergy on my desktop (which
allows sharing keyboard and mouse)
(c) Walking
VMs. Some developers like this because they have everything on one box, and can take it with them. You'll probably need multiple VMs for different versions of Windows. I've done this with both Parallels and VMWare.
External service. #chotchki mentioned one, but there are many others.
My current favorite is 1b, but they are all workable.
To answer your question: VMs are a reasonable solution.
There a web service that already does this Browser Shots. You can also install the software on your own systems if you want to host your own.