Index

SOCA gives you the ability to provision Windows or Linux virtual desktops powered by Amazon DCV.

Operating System	Version	Supported
Windows	Windows Server 2019	✅ (Windows 10 Style & Appareance)
Windows	Windows Server 2022	✅ (Windows 10 Style & Appareance)
Windows	Windows Server 2025	✅ (Windows 11 Style & Appareance)
Linux	Amazon Linux 2	✅
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	✅
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	✅
Linux	Rocky 8	✅
Linux	Rocky 9	✅
Linux	Ubuntu 22.04	✅
Linux	Ubuntu 24.04	✅
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	⚠️ Tested successfully but OS is End-of-Life and won't receive updates from Red Hat, meaning destkop may stop provisioning in the future without notice.
Linux	CentOS 7	⚠️ Tested successfully but OS is End-of-Life and won't receive updates from Red Hat, meaning destkop may stop provisioning in the future without notice.
Linux	Amazon Linux 2023	❌ No Desktop Support

Virtual Desktop Automation

• SOCA will automatically determine the EC2 Instance type and install the required packages.

• Supported Linux and Windows OS have been validated on Non-GPU, GPU (Nvidia) and GPU (AMD).

• Supported Linux OS have been tested for both Intel (x86_64) and Graviton (aarch64) architectures.

Bootstrap Sequence

Here is a high level of the bootstrap sequence of the virtual Desktop machines. Click here to view Windows/Linux advanced bootstrap sequence details for VDI nodes.

  graph TD;
      A[New Virtual Desktop] --> B{Architecture?};
      B-- x86_64 -->C[Install x86_64 packages];
      B-- aarch64 -->D[Install aarch64 packages];
      C--> E{Has GPU?};
      D-->E
      E-- Nvidia -->F[Install Cuda+nvidia drivers];
      E-- AMD -->G[Install AMD drivers];
      E-- None -->H[Desktop ready];
      F --> H ;
      G --> H;