Physical server for AutoIT

[Spartan117]

Hi everyone,

I wonder if there is a cloud service that can offer a physical server so that AutoIT can turn as it is in a physical machine.

Thank you

[orbs]

no cloud service can offer you a physical machine - that is a contradiction in terms. if it were a "physical" machine, it could not exist in the "cloud".

what task are you trying to perform, that makes you think a physical remote machine is necessary?

 

[Spartan117]

I want an autoIT program to turn 24/7  and I want a solution to that because AutoIt can't keep turning when we disconnect from a Virtual Machine cloud service.

[orbs]

  On 6/8/2018 at 8:32 AM, Spartan117 said:

AutoIt can't keep turning when we disconnect from a Virtual Machine cloud service

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why is that? i'm utilizing heavily an Amazon AWS VM with several AutoIt scripts running for several hours each day, without any issue. of course i'm not connected to that VM all that time, but i do not log off of it.

[Spartan117]

Well I am working on Microsoft Azure and my program breaks when I disconnect from it. I Made a screen recorder and I found out that when I disconnect there is no more windows environment (no windows no buttons..) and all turns black.

But does your program works in Linux or windows? and is it to automate a software usage? 

[Juvigy]

It all depends on the settings of the VM. Usually they set it to shutdown the VM when you disconnect or when there is session inactivity for certain time.

[JLogan3o13]

  On 6/8/2018 at 8:24 AM, orbs said:

no cloud service can offer you a physical machine - that is a contradiction in terms. if it were a "physical" machine, it could not exist in the "cloud".

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As someone who does work for hosting providers, I would challenge this statement. You, the customer, may not receive a physical machine but there are physical machines hosting those containers and VMs, so to say a physical machine cannot exist in the cloud is inaccurate. And as "the cloud" truly means any service or feature I can provide to you over the internet, accessible through a browser, that could include access to a physical machine; however highly inefficient that might be.