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Why create RemoteExec?

In the Visualisation lab of NTNU Ålesund, we're using a distributed system for running visualizations on a cluster of twelve projectors powered by three servers. This requires us to execute the presentation software on each server for any visualization we want to run.

So instead of manually launch each software instance over remote desktop/vnc etc. An application running on a host machine could trigger the execution of the desired visualization on each of the servers. This makes it easier for any student/teacher to launch any of the available visualizations.

This could be solved using PsExec(Windows) or other CLI tools, but this requires that people have an understanding of the CLI tools and/or the infrastructure if they want to run their self-developed visualizations. This is not desirable, and a more ship and deploy friendly solution is preferred.

RemoteExec will be a graphical application that can create sequences of executions for a server with minimal understanding of any CLI tools or the underlying network infrastructure.