[Q] Citrix Receiver-Personal Use

[phillycreamboy]

Can anyone provide me with information on Citrix Receiver? I have been reading on Citrix website, but I can't seem to find a solution for personal use.

2 questions:
Can you purchase a virtual desktop to access with the citrix receiver from a hosting company? I don't have an IT department with access.

Is it possible to setup Citrix either Xenapp or Xendesktop for person use?

I like the idea of being able to access a windows environment on the Atrix dock. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

 

[emoose]

Amazon EC2 has on demand instances that are preconfigured with Citrix XenApp.

this is a good place to get your feet wet. They can be very cheap...a couple bucks a month with small spot instances to VERY expensive if you get crazy with the instance size and parameters.

Good article here on the blog but I can't post links. Google amazon ec2 citrix and look for an article called "How to get your own Citrix XenApp server in EC2 for 12 cents & 15 min"

Again be careful shut down your instance when not in use and understand the pricing model. If you use it enough you can buy a dedicated instance for 3 years at around $100 a year which isn't bad.

 

[gdj80]

Citrix also offers a free Express version of XenDesktop and XenServer. I used XenServer on one of my personal Dell 2950's and then run a Windows 7 VM on it. I probably have way more resources and skills to put this all together than most people since I am a server admin and live and breathe VMWare all day. It shouldn't be too hard to put together an older computer or even a laptop to run XenServer and drop a VM on it and load it up with all the apps you want to run on your phone. The XenServer installation couldn't be easier. Drop the disk in, give it the IP info for your network, open the address in a browser and install XenCenter, build a VM. The hardest part is probably modifying your firewall to allow the traffic in.

2 more days!!

 

[resol]

Does the free XenServer provide everything to connect with the citrix receiver? Won't I need additional software like XenApp?

Thanks a lot!