RDP Gateways provide rules-based definitions for using hosts to establish remote desktop sessions to deployed Windows virtual machine resources.

In order to access the console session of a deployed Windows virtual machines, the Automation appliance establishes a direct Remote Desktop connection to the virtual machine and provides an interface to access the RDP session. In non-transitive networks where the Automation appliance does not have direct connectivity to the deployed virtual machine, it can establish a connection via an RDP Gateway to provide the same functionality.

Using RDP Gateways, administrators can simplify remote management of their Windows hosts and maintain security standards by ensuring that RDP sessions are accessed via a defined set of hosts which are securely protected and hardened.

This article describes the steps required to manage RDP Gateways.

Prerequisites

• Administrative access to the Automation UI
• A deployed Windows host which has the RD Gateway role configured and able to receive and proxy RDP sessions
• Access credentials to the RD Gateway host

Creating an RDP Gateway

This section describes the steps required to create a new RDP Gateway.

1. Log into the Automation UI as an administrative user
2. Navigate to Admin > Control Panel
   
   
3. Select the Windows Script Hosts or Linux Script Hosts tile
   
4. A list of existing RDP Gateways is displayed
   
5. Click Add
6. On the Add RDP Gateway screen, provide a name for the host
7. On the Add RDP Gateway - Scope Rule screen, provide the following information:
   • Environment: The environment when this host will be used
   • Account/Network: The cloud account or specific network when this host will be used
     
8. On the Add RDP Gateway - Definition screen, provide the following information:
   • Gateway Name: A friendly name for the defined host
     Host: The hostname, FQDN, or IP address of the defined host
   • Port: The RD Gateway listening port (Default: 443)
   • User: A user which has been granted permissions to establish RDP connection on the defined host
   • Password: The password for the configured user account
   • Domain: The Windows domain for the configured user account
     
9. Click Add
10. The RDP Gateway has been added
    
11. Additional hosts can defined and ordered - if multiple hosts are defined, they are evaluated and matched in a top-to-bottom order

Removing an RDP Gateway

This section describes the steps required to remove an RDP Gateway.

1. Log into the Automation UI as an administrative user
2. Navigate to Admin > Control Panel
   
   
3. Select the Windows Script Hosts or Linux Script Hosts tile
   
4. A list of existing RDP Gateways is displayed
   
5. On the RDP Gateway to be removed, select the Edit drop down list
   Click Remove
   
6. Click Remove
   
7. The Script Host has been removed