Deliver application's GUI via browser

Question

I need to show to a user an interface of some application running on a server using a browser. It should be like RDP-client for a single application on a server.

Are there any solutions or services that can implement following functionality? Maybe Citrix?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This looks like what you're looking for:

http://freerdp.net/

About FreeRDP-WebConnect

FreeRDP-WebConnect is an open source gateway for accessing RDP sessions using any HTML5 compliant browser. In particular it relies on the Canvas and the WebSockets feature. FreeRDP-WebConnect is a subproject of the FreeRDP project.

On the server side, a standalone daemon - written in C++ - provides a Web page via HTTPS (or HTTP, if configured) and uses FreeRDP libs to connect as a client to any RDP session. The server side WebSockets implementation handles current RFC6455 only, so browsers that implement the older drafts do not work. With RFC6455 being raised to the "Proposed Standard" level, this should change now really soon.

I would create an account on the server for the user, and only give it access to the one application it needs access to.

Answer 2

You can use Cameyo. To start, create yourself a free account, and click on "Add App". If your installer supports unattended installation, you simply need to submit it. Otherwise, you can build a Cameyo package locally and send it in. It will then be playable as HTML5.

Answer 3

You don't indicate what server you are running on.

As an alternative to FreeRDP-Webconnect cited above, also open source and also using FreeRDP as rdp client through an HTTP gateway, there is Myrtille.

FreeRDP-WebConnect embeds a standalone daemon written in C++ to provide a web page via HTTP(S), and so will also work on Linux servers, while Myrtille have a IIS/.NET (C#) implementation and an MSI installer, thus is more intended for Windows Servers.