UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred  after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Â Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Is it possible to license APP to run on a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure (or Amazon)?
If so, does anyone have experience with cloud computing. Â How is the user response? Â What virtual machine configuration did you sign up for -- cores, SSD, GPU?
I'm not sure actually, great question for @mabula-admin. I would think it might not, as the license is looking for specific hardware.
Aaaand back, it IS possible. You have control over your licence, so you can set APP up on the cloud computer and activate the licence. If you leave that environment at the end, you can deactivate that computer on the licence, all in the config window. It will have an issue if you suddenly change the cloud computer's configuration (if that's possible), so you shouldn't do that.
Thanks. Â I think I understand but want to make sure I am completely sure before investing in an on-line virtual machine to process my big mosaic.
"If you leave that environment at the end, you can deactivate that computer on the licence, all in the config window."
Indirect objects get me confused. Â If I leave the virtual machine environment at Microsoft Azure, I can then deactivate the Microsoft virtual machine that was assigned to my APP license via the APP web site configuration window"? Â Meaning I need to log into my APP account when I have completed my work on the Microsoft virtual machine, navigate to the license configuration window and deactivate the funny looking name for the virtual machine I was using at Microsoft -- correct?
What happens if I fail to deactivate a license from within APP when I am cloud computing and then shut down that cloud session?
Thanks. Â I think I understand but want to make sure I am completely sure before investing in an on-line virtual machine to process my big mosaic.
"If you leave that environment at the end, you can deactivate that computer on the licence, all in the config window."
Indirect objects get me confused. Â If I leave the virtual machine environment at Microsoft Azure, I can then deactivate the Microsoft virtual machine that was assigned to my APP license via the APP web site configuration window"? Â Meaning I need to log into my APP account when I have completed my work on the Microsoft virtual machine, navigate to the license configuration window and deactivate the funny looking name for the virtual machine I was using at Microsoft -- correct?
So small disclaimer; I can't guarantee it will work just fine as I've never tested this specific scenario and I don't know of anyone using it in this way. Just so you know. However, according to Mabula it should be possible, but before you log out you indeed should de-activate the licence in APP first (not via a website, but inside app like the screenshot below). You can see I de-activated "computer 1" as it was on a machine I don't use anymore.
What happens if I fail to deactivate a license from within APP when I am cloud computing and then shut down that cloud session?
If that would fail, which is rather unlikely, you will have 1 less machine on which you can use APP. Now I'm sure Mabula, in this case, would be able to help you out would that happen.
Thanks Vincent. Â Sometime in the next month I should be able to give APP virtual computing a try. Â I'll post the result. Â Meanwhile if anyone else tries, I would appreciate hearing how it goes, especially the settings for cores, RAM, SSD, GPUs.
