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$ soultec get solution/igel/igel-os -o yaml$ soultec get solution/igel/igel-os -o json$ soultec get solution/igel/igel-os -o toml$ soultec get solution/igel/igel-os -o xml$ python3 igel/igel-os.pyPS> ./igel/igel-os.ps1$ go run igel/igel-os.go$ node igel/igel-os.js

apiVersion: soultec.ch/v1kind: Solutionmetadata: name: igel/igel-os locale: en labels: vendor: IGEL OS capability/modern-workplace: 1.69 capability/endpoint-security: 2.73 vendor/igel: 3.03 annotations: source: src/content/solutions/en/igel/igel-os.md route: /en/solutions/igel/igel-os/ schema: /nerd/schema/solutions.json markdown: /en/solutions/igel/igel-os.mdspec: title: IGEL OS tags: [modern-workplace, endpoint-security] vendors: [igel] summary: >- A read-only Linux as the endpoint operating system. Turns existing hardware into a managed access point and extends how long it stays useful. photoNeed: >- An IGEL endpoint in place: a UD Pocket in a laptop, or a thin client at a working desk stub: false draft: false kind: platform addon: false sourceNote: >- soultec.ch/solutions/igel, read 2026-08-30, for the IGEL OS 12 behaviour and the three deployment modes; igel.com, read the same day, for «The Secure Endpoint OS Platform» vendorName: IGEL OS status: current practice: >- Draft, not yet reviewed. The reason IGEL gets adopted here is usually the procurement cycle: laptops that have become too slow for Windows will serve as access points for years. practiceReview: true sections: - heading:

What it is

body: | IGEL OS is a lean Linux that runs on the endpoint and stores nothing permanently. After every restart the machine is back in its defined state. Configuration comes from a central management server. With version 12 the base operating system ships with **no applications at all**. Everything a person actually uses, the Citrix client, the Horizon client, the AVD client, a browser, arrives from the App Portal as a separate package and updates independently of the operating system. IGEL OS, the Universal Management Suite and the cloud services together are what IGEL calls the Secure Endpoint OS Platform. - heading:

What it is for

body: | Workplaces whose real environment runs somewhere else: virtual desktops, published applications, web applications. The second use case is extending life. Hardware too weak for a current Windows is still perfectly adequate for this. - heading:

Three ways to run it

body: | **Installed on the device**, replacing the local operating system. This is the standard case and the one that gets managed centrally from day one. **Booted from USB**, with nothing installed and the existing operating system and local data untouched. A machine becomes a managed workplace in minutes and starts up as before once the stick is removed. This is what makes it useful for contractors, for bring-your-own-device, and for a disaster recovery plan that has to work on whatever hardware is to hand. **On a thin client**, which is the classic deployment and where the supported client list matters: Azure Virtual Desktop, Omnissa Horizon, Citrix and the rest. - heading:

What to watch

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What to watch

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Solution · IGEL

IGEL OS

A read-only Linux as the endpoint operating system. Turns existing hardware into a managed access point and extends how long it stays useful.

Topics Modern Workplace 1.69 Endpoint Security 2.73

Vendors IGEL 3.03

03Services

02Capabilities

315Corpus

photograph wantedAn IGEL endpoint in place: a UD Pocket in a laptop, or a thin client at a working desk

What it is

IGEL OS is a lean Linux that runs on the endpoint and stores nothing permanently. After every restart the machine is back in its defined state. Configuration comes from a central management server.

With version 12 the base operating system ships with no applications at all. Everything a person actually uses, the Citrix client, the Horizon client, the AVD client, a browser, arrives from the App Portal as a separate package and updates independently of the operating system.

IGEL OS, the Universal Management Suite and the cloud services together are what IGEL calls the Secure Endpoint OS Platform.

What it is for

Workplaces whose real environment runs somewhere else: virtual desktops, published applications, web applications.

The second use case is extending life. Hardware too weak for a current Windows is still perfectly adequate for this.

Three ways to run it

Installed on the device, replacing the local operating system. This is the standard case and the one that gets managed centrally from day one.

Booted from USB, with nothing installed and the existing operating system and local data untouched. A machine becomes a managed workplace in minutes and starts up as before once the stick is removed. This is what makes it useful for contractors, for bring-your-own-device, and for a disaster recovery plan that has to work on whatever hardware is to hand.

On a thin client, which is the classic deployment and where the supported client list matters: Azure Virtual Desktop, Omnissa Horizon, Citrix and the rest.

What to watch

Anything that has to run locally will not run here. Peripherals are the usual obstacle, particularly specialist equipment in labs, on production lines and in medical practices. The peripheral inventory belongs at the start of the project.

What we do with it

Draft, unreviewed

Draft, not yet reviewed. The reason IGEL gets adopted here is usually the procurement cycle: laptops that have become too slow for Windows will serve as access points for years.

This paragraph is a draft and nobody at soulTec has confirmed it yet. Everything above it describes the product and is checkable against the vendor.