AWS Marketplace Quick Start

The WebStream AWS Marketplace listing provides a single-server image with all components pre-installed. This is the recommended way to run a proof of concept: you subscribe, launch one instance, and you have a working streaming server.

1. Subscribe and launch

  1. Subscribe to the listing. From the WebStream ACP AWS Marketplace page, choose View purchase options and subscribe, then continue through Configuration and Launch.
  2. Choose an instance type. Select a Windows instance sized for your expected concurrent sessions. A general-purpose instance is sufficient for a small PoC.
  3. Configure networking. Place the instance in a subnet you can reach, attach a security group that allows HTTPS (443) from your users and RDP (3389) from your administration network, and assign a public address if required.
  4. Launch the instance and wait for it to reach a running state.
Note

The Marketplace image ships with WebStream Core and the ACP components pre-installed. You still request a licence to start streaming — see Licence Activation. Marketplace subscribers provision and manage their licence through the Customer Portal; see License Lifecycle.

How billing works

The Marketplace subscription is a SaaS contract billed by metered session hours per edition (there is no up-front fee, and it can be cancelled any time). The software runs on the Windows Server instance you launch here, so AWS infrastructure costs for that instance apply separately. For the pricing dimensions, buying routes, and private-offer options, see Acquiring a Licence.

2. Connect to the server

Use RDP to connect to the instance with the administrator credentials from your AWS console. The WebStream admin panel runs on the server itself and is reached at http://localhost:9008/admin/. End users reach their workspaces over HTTPS at https://<your-server-address>/.

3. Choose a TLS approach

For a quick PoC you can terminate TLS on the instance. For a PoC that should feel like production, place an Application Load Balancer with an ACM certificate in front of the server — the load balancer handles HTTPS and WebSocket upgrades reliably. See AWS Deployment Patterns for the full set of topologies.

What you have now

After launching, you have a running server with a pre-built Desktop(Admin) workspace and the default policy sets. The next steps are to log in, activate your licence, and validate streaming.