The author acquired 46 legacy Sun Ray thin clients in a bulk purchase for experimentation at home.
They chose to run Sun Ray Server Software (SRSS) on OpenIndiana, an illumos-based OS, to avoid outdated Linux or Solaris support.
They detailed unlocking package dependencies, installing SRSS, applying patches, setting up Java and Tomcat for the server software.
They extracted and deployed client firmware from older RPMs and configured a TFTP server for firmware delivery.
They created kiosk-session scripts to launch RDP sessions via FreeRDP and browser sessions in Firefox, controlled by smart card tokens.
They successfully tested both RDP and browser kiosk modes on Sun Ray clients, replacing Raspberry Pis and iMacs for dashboards.
They plan to explore multi-head session support, search for newer firmware, and configure high-availability failover in SRSS.
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