Help Center/ Cloud Bastion Host/ User Guide/ Resource/ Managing Application Servers Using a Bastion Host
Updated on 2024-09-30 GMT+08:00
View PDF

Managing Application Servers Using a Bastion Host

You can use a bastion host to manage application resources and application accounts on Windows or Linux servers that support remote desktops. To do so, you only need to install clients and browsers on those servers.

After you obtain the permission for application resources, you can access client-based application resources and browser-based application resources via your bastion host. You do not have to manually enter usernames and passwords as the credentials are automatically filled in. A bastion host also records all operations by video. In this way, remote application accounts security is under control, and remote application operations can be auditable.

You can use a bastion host to manage a wide range of application resources, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, SecBrowser, Oracle Tool, MySQL, SQL Server Tool, dbisql, VNC Client, vSphere Client and Radmin.

This topic describes how to use a bastion host to centrally manage application resources. This topic covers how to add an application server, import an application server from a file, add an application resource, and import application resources from a file to a bastion host.

Constraints

  • The total number of host and application resources to be added cannot exceed the number of assets.
  • For Windows servers, only applications running on Windows Server 2008 R2 or later can be managed.
  • For Linux servers, only applications running on Linux CentOS 7.9 servers can be managed.
  • Only the Mozilla Firefox browser applications and Dameng data management tool V8 can be invoked for Linux servers.
  • Port 2376 and ports 35000 to 40000 must be enabled between a Linux server and the bastion host. The port cannot be changed once it is enabled.
  • Contact Huawei Cloud technical support to obtain the password for logging in to a Linux server.
  • Before you add an application resource, ensure that an application server has been added.
  • Automatic login accounts cannot be configured for Microsoft Edge application resources.

Prerequisites

  • You have all resources ready, such as Windows servers, Linux servers, images, enterprise authorization codes, and client licenses, for deploying an application publishing server.
  • You have installed the application server. For more details, see Installing Application Publish Server.
  • You have obtained the permission to manage the AppServer and Application tabs under the Application Publish module.

Adding an Application Server

  1. Log in to your bastion host.
  2. Choose Resource > Application > AppServer.
  3. Click New. In the displayed New AppServer dialog box, complete required parameters.

    Figure 1 New AppServer
    Table 1 New AppServer parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Server Type
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Server Name

    Specifies the name of the application server. The server name must be unique in a bastion host.

    Server

    Specifies the IP address or domain name of the application server.

    Type

    Specifies the type of the browser or client tool used to access the application.

    • If you set Server type to Windows:

      By default, 14 types are supported, including MySQL Tool, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox (for Windows servers), Oracle Tool, Google Chrome, VNC Client, SQL Server Tool, SecBrowser, vSphere Client, Radmin, dbisql, Navicat for MySQL, Navicat for PostgreSQL and Other.

    • If you set Server type to Linux:

      Supported types: DM Tool, KingbaseES Tool, Mozilla Firefox for Linux, and GBaseDataStudio for GBase8a.

    By default, each application resource type corresponds to an application program. You can obtain the application name from the default Program Path.

    Port

    Enter the port number for accessing the application publish server. The default port 3389 is used for a Windows server and default port 2376 is used for a Linux server.

    Account

    This parameter is mandatory if Server type is set to Windows.

    Specifies the server account used to access the application.

    If AD domain is configured, the server account is in the format of AD domain name\account name, for example, ad\administrator.

    Password
    • If you set Server type to Windows, enter the password of the server account used to access the application.
    • If you set Server type to Linux, contact technical support to obtain the password.

    Department Name

    Specifies the department of the application server.

    Program Path

    This parameter is mandatory if Server type is set to Windows.

    Specifies the path of the application resource on the application server.

    • Each program type has a default startup path. You can also customize a startup path.

      For example, to allow a system user to access only Google Chrome from the application server, set Program Path to C:\DevOpsTools\Chrome\chrome.exe.

    • If you select Other, manually configure the corresponding program path.

    Remarks

    (Optional) Provides the description of the application server.

  4. Click OK.

Importing Application Servers from a File

To import application server from a file, the file must be in .csv, .xls, or .xlsx format.

  1. Log in to your bastion host.
  2. Choose Resource > Application > AppServer.
  3. Click Import in the upper right corner of the page.

    Figure 2 Import App Server

  4. Click Download to download the template if no template is available locally.
  5. Enter the configuration information of application servers to be imported according to the configuration requirements in the template file.
  6. Click Upload and select the completed template.
  7. (Optional) Configure Override existing appservers. This option is deselected by default.

    • If you select this option, an existing application server information will be overwritten by the one being imported when both application servers have the same name.
    • If you deselect this option, an existing application server information will be skipped when the one being imported and the existing one have the same name.

  8. Click OK.

Adding an Application Resource

  1. Log in to your bastion host.
  2. Choose Resource > Application > Application.
  3. Click New. In the displayed New application dialog box, complete required parameters.

    Figure 3 New application
    Table 2 Parameters for adding a new application resource

    Parameter

    Description

    App Name

    Specifies the name of an application resource to be added. The App Name of an application resource must be unique in a bastion host.

    NOTE:

    The application name must be unique in a bastion host. This means it cannot be the same as the name of any managed hosts or other application resources.

    AppServer

    Select a created application publishing server.

    Department Name

    Specifies the department of the application.

    APP Address

    (Optional) Specifies the address of the application. The value can be an IP address or domain name.

    • If the application is released as a browser, enter the URL of the web page. If the address has a corresponding port, enter the address in the format of URL:Port number.
    • If the application is released as a database or client, enter the address of the database server.

    APP Port

    (Optional) Enter the application access port.

    • If the application is released as a database or client, enter the database access port.
    • Leave this parameter blank if the application is released in other formats except databases.

    Param

    (Optional) Set application parameters.

    • Enter the database instance name if the application is released as a database.
    • Leave this parameter blank if the application is released in other formats except databases.

    Options

    (Optional) Select File Manage, Uplink Clipboard, Keyboard Audit, and/or Downlink Clipboard.

    Label

    (Optional) You can customize a label or select an existing one.

    Remarks

    (Optional) Provides the description of the application resource.

  4. Click Next.

    Table 3 Parameters for adding accounts for an application resource

    Parameter

    Description

    Add Account
    • If you select Rightnow, configure Logon Type and then Account.
    • If you select Afterward, no further configuration is required on the page. You can add the account information later in the resource list or on the resource details page.

      In this situation, when you click OK, account [Empty] is automatically created. Only one [Empty] account is created for an application resource.

    Logon Type
    • If you select Auto Login, Account and Password must be provided.
    • If you select Manual Login, Account and Password are optional.

      If no application account is set, the [Empty] account is automatically created.

    Account

    Account to access the application

    Password

    Password of the application account

    AD Domain

    For Radmin application resources, enter the AD domain server address.

    Description

    Brief description of the account.

    When logging in to a managed host using [Empty], manually enter the application account username and password.

  5. Click OK.

Importing Application Resources from a File

To import application server from a file, the file must be in .csv, .xls, or .xlsx format.

  1. Log in to your bastion host.
  2. Choose Resource > Application > Application.
  3. Click Import in the upper right corner of the page.

    Figure 4 Import application

  4. Click Download next to Download template.
  5. Enter the configuration information of application resources to be imported according to the configuration requirements in the template file.
  6. Click Upload and select the completed template.
  7. (Optional) Configure Override existing apps. This option is deselected by default.

    • Selected: A managed application resource will be overwritten by the one being imported if both application resources have the same name.
    • Deselected: A managed application resource will be skipped when the managed one and the one being imported have the same name.

  8. Click OK.

Batch Exporting Application Server List

Click in the upper right corner of the list to export all data in the list.

Parent topic: Resource