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Applications

Applications give users access to a single server in their web browser, without connecting to a whole network. For example, you can let the Finance team open one Windows desktop over RDP, or let contractors reach an internal wiki, without installing the Vipilink agent.

Vipilink supports these protocols:

Protocol Use it for
RDP Windows desktops and servers.
SSH Linux servers and network devices.
VNC Remote desktops, for example a Mac or Linux desktop.
HTTP and HTTPS Internal websites and web apps.

Go to Applications → Applications to see your applications.

Applications list with Add Application highlighted

Each row shows the application's host, protocol, network, the groups and users that can open it, and its policy. Available Applications shows how many more you can add. Use the Enabled switch to turn an application off without deleting it. The ... menu has Edit and Delete.

Application row menu with Edit and Delete

Add an application

  1. Click Add Application.

  2. Fill in General Settings:

    Field What to enter
    Application Name The name users see, for example Finance-Desktop.
    Protocol RDP, SSH, VNC, HTTP or HTTPS. Can't be changed later.
    Icon Optional. Click to pick an icon.
    Host The private IP or host name of the server, for example 10.50.1.20.
    Port The server port. The usual ports are 3389 for RDP, 22 for SSH, 5900 for VNC, 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS.
    Network The Vipilink network that can reach the server, usually through a tunnel. Can't be changed later.
    Max. # of Connections How many sessions can be open at the same time.

  3. Fill in the settings for the protocol. See below.

  4. In Access Groups and Members, choose the groups and users that can open the application.
  5. Optional: in Policy, choose an application policy, for example to allow access only during business hours.
  6. Click Apply.

After you save, the FQDN field shows the address Vipilink created for the application. Click the copy icon to copy it.

Create an RDP application

RDP application with general settings, security mode, authentication, access and policy

Setting What it does
Ignore Server Cert. Connects even if the server's certificate isn't trusted, for example a self-signed one. On by default.
Admin console Connects to the server's admin console session.
Display Application Icon in Login Screen Shows the application's icon on the sign-in screen.
Enable Copy-Paste for RDP Lets users copy and paste between their computer and the remote desktop.
Enable Printing from RDP Lets users print from the remote desktop.

Security mode

The security mode decides how the connection to the server is encrypted and how users are checked. Keep Any unless the server needs a specific mode.

Select Security Mode list

Mode When to use it
Any Vipilink and the server agree on the best mode. The default.
Network Level Authentication (NLA) The server requires NLA, the default on current Windows versions.
Extended Network Level Authentication (NLA-EXT) The server requires extended NLA.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) The server requires TLS without NLA.
VMConnect Connecting to a Hyper-V virtual machine console.
Remote Desktop Protocol Older servers that only support standard RDP security.

Authentication

Turn on Authentication and enter a Username, Password and, if the server is in a Windows domain, a Domain. Vipilink then signs users in to the server with these credentials. Leave it off if each user should sign in with their own account.

Create an SSH application

SSH application settings

SSH has the general settings and Display Application Icon in Login Screen. Turn on Authentication to store the credentials Vipilink uses to sign in to the server.

Create a VNC application

VNC application settings

Setting What it does
Enable Copy-Paste for VNC Lets users copy and paste between their computer and the remote desktop.
Password The VNC password of the server.

Create an HTTPS application

HTTPS application settings

Setting What it does
SSL Certificate Validation Checks the server's certificate. Leave it off if the server uses a self-signed certificate.
Add Start URI Opens a specific page of the site, for example /login, instead of the home page.
Display Application Icon in Login Screen Shows the application's icon on the sign-in screen.
Custom HTTPS Headers Click + Add Request Header to add HTTP headers to every request, for example headers the web app needs.

How users open applications

When users sign in to Vipilink, they see the applications assigned to them under Applications in the menu. Users with the User role see two menu items: Applications and Downloads.

Edit or delete an application

In the application's ... menu, click Edit or Delete. Protocol and Network can't be changed after the application is created.