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  • 👀WHAT IS RPORT
    • Features and benefits of RPort
      • Full feature list
    • Screenshots
  • 🚀GETTING STARTED
    • Install the RPort Server
      • Install on-premises
      • Install RPort on any virgin cloud VM
      • Enable two factor authentication
        • Use push on mobile for 2FA
        • Use TOTP
    • Connecting Clients
    • Using the remote access
      • Creating tunnels
        • VNC via browser
      • RDP via Browser
      • Open SSH from the browser
      • Scp,sftp through a tunnel
    • Renaming and tagging of clients
    • Organize clients with groups
    • Activate the vault
    • Manage users and permissions
  • 🗣️NEED HELP?
    • Troubleshoot common problems
      • Restart rport through a tunnel
      • Attributes file path not set
      • Recover lost passwords
      • Client is not connecting
      • Id is already in use
  • 🔦DIGGING DEEPER
    • Using the API
      • Create client credentials
    • RPort Technology Explained
    • Commands and Scripts
      • Executing commands
      • Executing scripts
      • Tacoscript
    • The scheduler
    • File copy and reception
    • Client Configuration Options
      • Supervision of OS updates
      • Script and command execution
    • Advanced client management
      • Install the RPort client manually
      • Uninstall the RPort client
      • Run with SELinux
    • Server Maintenance
      • Monitoring of RPortd
      • Updating RPort
      • Backing up the rport server
      • Renewing certificates
    • FAQ
      • How to use Cloudflare
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  • What are those tunnels?
  1. GETTING STARTED

Using the remote access

Log in to any server from everywhere via SSH or Remote Desktop

Create a tunnel

To log in to a remote system located behind a firewall or NAT router, you need a tunnel.

Select the client you want to access, and click on the green button ADD TUNNEL. Depending on the operating system, the dialogue is prefilled with defaults you very likely would like to use. For Windows, an RDP tunnel is suggested, and for Linux SSH is used as default. The tunnel will be protected with an access control list that gives access only to your current IP address. This ACL is a second layer of security. Valid login credentials are still required.

By clicking ADD TUNNEL the connection is created instantly. Now click on the LAUNCH TUNNEL icon and your default application for RDP or SSH opens the connection. From now on, use the username and password of the system you already have.

For RDP, a configuration file for the remote desktop client is generated and downloaded. Look at the downloads of your browser and double-click.

RPort does not interfere with the regular log in process of the operating system. A valid user account on the remote machine is always needed.

What are those tunnels?

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Last updated 1 year ago

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