Run AVEVA SP or Intouch Linux or Containers

Hi Rainer!
I would say this was not possible last time I checked, perhaps it is in the plan/roadmap for the future, but I would say the main focus is to get the InTouch Web / OMI Web as an alternative for non-Windows based environments.
But this is only resolving challenges on the client side, to be able to execute logic such as by an object or connect to data like with a OI Server (Driver) then Edge is only option i know of.

Hi Richard, my issue is on the server side as that's the one eating and consuming lot of Windows licenses, also Microsoft opens to a lot of vulnerabilities which we dont want to inherit

In short, no.

A docker container (unlike a Virtual Machine) requires sharing system resources with the Host. As such linux docker containers run on linux (though WSL is a thing), and windows containers run on windows.

According to this, quote "We can run any windows application in Docker as long as it can be installed and executed unattended, although we can not see the GUI."

Considering how strongly depended on .NET AVEVA System Platform is, it pretty much has to run on Windows. Trying to run it under Linux with WINE would prove rather difficult. 

Thanks for the answer

Currently no, but we are working our way toward this by gradually replacing Windows-specific technologies with multi-platform technologies, as well as replacing desktop applications with web-based clients/server architecture to support headless deployments.

With respect to .NET, we are moving away from the .NET Framework which is tied to Windows, and we're embracing .NET Core.

Today, AVEVA Edge is our offer for non-Windows platforms and containerization. Edge enables us to deploy to comparatively low end devices and into embedded systems. Be aware, however, that Linux doesn't mean zero vulnerabilities. Quite the opposite in fact and it is just as important to patch Linux (and Linux containers) as it is to patch Windows on a regular basis.

Thanks rickard.norin , Im glad AVEVA is moving towards .NET Core , that is what I wanted to hear !!