What is the point of Remote Desktop Manager Jump?
So if I have RDM installed on my client1, I have host somewhere which is called host1 and I have server somewhere called server1 which can be only accessed from host1 computer.
I expected by configuring jump host on host1 to being able launch RDM on client1 and be able to have server1 running in RDM windows the same way as if I just connected directly to server1. Right now what I'm seeing is that client1 launches RDM manager inside host1 and I have just RDM running on host1 which is connected to server1.
So essentially have RDP running inside another RDP instead of tunneling I expected (like when you use Remote Desktop Gateway solution from Microsoft).
Am I misunderstanding something or is this how it's supposed to work?
All Comments (6)
Your understanding of Jump is correct when looking at the simple case (RDP in RDP). If that is only scenario you need to solve and you already have access to RDGateway, then do use RDGateway that is what is was designed for. Jump can do that plus much more.
Note: you can configure your jumped RDP session to "Undocked" or "External", so that once it's running on the jump server it is full screen. This way, on the client machine, it looks like your connecting directly to the jumped machine and not see both RDP sessions.
Stéfane Lavergne
It's good I requested Trial first because I obviously misunderstood how it works. I want to have RD gateway functionality without complexity of RD gateway (it requires active directory and pretty complicated setup).
So if my requirement is to connect via RDP protocol to some machine which is accessible only say DMZ host. What are the choices with RDM? I understand I can use VPN but issue is that if I use VPN then it affects my entire client machine, I want to use some sort of tunnel only for specific RDP connections but not others. What are my choices?
Hello.
What protects server1 from being reached? If its a firewall, you have either to use a VPN Client, or establish a DMZ (essentialy port forwarding.)
Paired with a DMZ, SSH forwarding should work. Is your host1 a Windows machine?
Maurice
Firewall protects server1 from being reached from external network. VPN is no go since it forces all client traffic to go through gateway. Host is Windows but it can be anything else as well as long as it will implement RD Gateway functionality.
So if I install SSH server on host1 then it will allow tunnel per RDP session?
I have never tested it myself, but we have customers that use such a setup.
If you can wait, I could have someone test this tomorrow to make sure?
Maurice
Yes please do. I might imagine this shall be pretty usefull setup for a lot of scenarios (essentially replacement of Remote Desktop Gateway need).