This sounds interesting Paulo. Is this extension something that you developed internally or is this an extension that is publicly available?
Thanks, Aaron On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Paulo Gonçalves <[email protected]> wrote: > We have created a helpdesk application that works like this: > > The client has a Java application that unpacks a VNC server and runs it on > the localhost. > Then connects via SSH to the guacamole server and creates 2 tunnels, one > server to client for the VNC connection, and another one from client to > server for configuration. > The server has a guacamole extension that creates connections at runtime. > For that it listens on a fixed local port and the client connects through > the client->server SSH tunnel. The client then sends the listening port of > the server->client SSH tunnel and the VNC password (randomly generated) to > the extension, and the extension creates the connection. > On the guacamole web application you just need to refresh the page and the > connection appears. > If the client closes the application, the guacamole extension detects that > the socket is closed and removes the connection. > > It works very well and the only port publicly exposed by the guacamole > server is the SSH port. > --- > Paulo Alexandre Figueiredo Gonçalves > Departamento de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (DTIC) > > Email: [email protected] / Voip: 301103 > > [image: Logo_IPC] Serviços da Presidência > Av. Dr. Marnoco e Sousa, nº 30, 3000-271 Coimbra > Tel.: +351 239 791 250 <+351%20239%20791%20250> > Site:www.ipc.pt | E-mail:[email protected] > > Em 2017-11-15 20:32, Aaron Newsome escreveu: > > Hello all. > > I'd like to create an RDP connection for a remote network but I first need > to create an ssh tunnel to the remote network. I'm able to create the ssh > tunnel manually from the Guacamole server but I'm looking for a way to > automate this. Otherwise I need to ssh to the Guacamole server first, > create the tunnel and then connect via RDP. > > Has anyone been able to automate this? Any advice on how to do this? > > Thanks, Aaron > >
