Overview
NICE DCV is a high performance remote streaming protocol that enables user to securely access remote desktop sessions with highly-fluid remote performance.
NICE DCV offers end users a wide range of client devices, including native clients for Windows, Linux, and MacOS operating systems. Native clients support up to 4 monitors at 4K resolution each and the Windows client also supports USB redirection for 3D mice and USB storage devices.
NICE DCV Ubuntu 22 Desktop supports high-end remote desktop access with MESA 3D support. Includes support for remote USB devices and file transfer.
On AWS, NICE DCV provides the streaming protocol e.g. used by Amazon Appstream 2.0, Nimble Studio and AWS RoboMaker.
Highlights
- Remote Performance: Responsive and secure streaming experience allowing customers to run applications remotely removing the need for expensive dedicated workstations or transferring large amounts of data. Based on NICE DCV from AWS.
- Secure TLS encrypted high-end remote desktop connection on. Includes remote USB support and file transfer.
- Ubuntu 22 desktop with full superuser access to add and manage own applications.
Details
Typical total price
$0.062/hour
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Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.medium | $0.02 | $0.046 | $0.066 |
t2.large | $0.02 | $0.093 | $0.113 |
t2.xlarge | $0.02 | $0.186 | $0.206 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.02 | $0.371 | $0.391 |
t3.medium Recommended | $0.02 | $0.042 | $0.062 |
t3.large | $0.02 | $0.083 | $0.103 |
t3.xlarge | $0.02 | $0.166 | $0.186 |
t3.2xlarge | $0.02 | $0.333 | $0.353 |
t3a.medium | $0.02 | $0.038 | $0.058 |
t3a.large | $0.02 | $0.075 | $0.095 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
No refund
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Includes NICE DCV 2024.0-17979. More information can be found here: https://www.ni-sp.com/1-10-2024-nice-releases-dcv-2024-0-including-new-features/ .
Additional details
Usage instructions
- Make sure the instance security groups allow inbound traffic to TCP and UDP port 8443 and 22.
- Connect to your remote machine with ssh -i <your-pem-key> ubuntu@<public-dns>
- Set the password for the user "ubuntu" with sudo passwd ubuntu. This is the password you will use to log in to DCV
- Connect to your remote machine with the NICE DCV native client or web client using https://<public_dns>:8443
- Enter your credentials and you are ready to rock
With DCV 2021 and later QUIC/UDP will be used automatically together with the DCV client. In the DCV client connection settings you can select TCP as well.
Support
Vendor support
Technical documentation (https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/dcv/ ) and NI SP Tips and Tricks (https://www.ni-sp.com/nice-dcv-tips-and-tricks/ ). Free support is available through forums (https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=366 )
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Customer reviews
Works great!
Setting up the instance was very smooth. I was impressed how fast DCV works so I really enjoy working with the cloud and DCV.