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	Amazon Linux 2023	✅
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.

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;