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AWS AppStream allows users to import existing desktop applications to AWS and instantly start streaming them to an HTML5 compatible browser.

AWS AppStream is a part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and allows users to import existing desktop applications to AWS and instantly start streaming them to an HTML5 compatible browser.

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How can I save JWT token in AppStream 2.0 in a safe way?

I have a legacy desktop application that is usually deployed on the user's machine. It takes a username and a password and communicates with the cloud to get a JWT token which is stored in the registry. For the subsequent run, we check the JWT token…
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How to avoid exception setting Window.TaskbarItemInfo in rare situations

As part of testing my app under AWS's AppStream environment, I've run into an exception that gets thrown when I interact with the taskbar (in my case, to set a custom tooltip). I've been able to reproduce it in a blank WPF app with this kind of…
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AWS Appstream - cannot create managed image updates

I'm trying to install Windows Updates on my AWS Appstream image using "Managed Image Updates". No matter if I do it from Console or CLI I received the follwing error: "Error. Image is already up to date for account . Try again later." from CLI aws…
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Performance Testing of Amazon Appstream 2.0 Desktop Application

I have a desktop application which is managed in AWS AppStream 2.0 and I want to conduct a performance test for the same. I tried multiple ways to record that Application using JMeter/Load Runner (using different protocol) but the tool is not able…
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Appstream 2.0 failing to pass session context

We are running an Appstream 2.0 instance, and are trying to run the example in the documentation to run an instance of Chrome and launch a default URL passed in through the AWS CLI. We have successfully generated the URL using the CLI and this…
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AWS AppStream How do I test Session Context with SessionContextRetriever.exe

I'm using AWS AppStream to stream a legacy .NET client. The app requires a parameter to start up correctly, which it gets via SessionContext passed into the create_streaming_url API call. I'd like to test this interaction locally without having to…
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How do I get the current user from within an AWS AppStream?

I'm prototyping deployment of an application via AWS AppStream. Access to the stream is managed via a web portal (using SAML). My application needs to know the identity of the user. I could prompt them but I don't want to make them login to both the…
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I'm trying to create some documentation for an AppStream project and need definitions for Fleet and Stack

Unfortunately, AWS documents never actually define either Fleet or Stack, not (at least) in any way that I can use. I'd like someone who knows this technology intimately to provide their understanding of what a Fleet and a Stack are. I would…
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using .NET to generate an AppStream URL

I have created a web application using dotnet core (.Net Core -- for Google) that looks up an email address in a database and then, if the email is found, should forward the user to an AppStream URL where I will be streaming an application. I would…
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Does Google offer something similar to Amazon AppStream?

I have a GPU heavy application I'm looking to provide to a set of users that might not have the hardware on hand. Amazon offers AppStream which allows me to stream a particular application via Windows image to users. You can set it to scale (in…
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Admin Access in Amazon AppStream image instances for registry edits?

I am trying to write a script in Amazon AppStream that will edit the registry's, and ultimately register a user to Tableau and activate a license for them. The script on my desktop runs perfectly, and does exactly what it needs to do, which is edit…
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Create user in AWS AppStream 2.0

Is there any way to programmatically create a user in AppStream 2.0 ? Didn't find any help in the docs Instead of using the console, going to User Pool and do it manually. I already have a User Store and want to synchronize it with AppStream User…
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Amazon AppStream Create an In-browser client

Is it possible to build an in-browser client for AppStream 2.0, not just a chrome app, a web ui like is default, but that is styled to match my application?
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Creating an image programmatically with AppStream 2.0

I want to programmatically create images for AppStream 2.0. Currently I only found this was: set up an ec2 instance this can communicate with the image builder via that "ConsoleImageBuilder" and powershell described…
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In Amazon AppStream, how do I determine the Fleet ID for a Fleet?

I'm using the Amazon SDK to determine information about instances in a Fleet. When creating a DescribeFleetsRequest, I am supposed to pass in a list of Fleet IDs. But I cannot find any reference to a Fleet ID in my AWS console. Where would I get…
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