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7.1 – Reverse Agent: Getting started

With Spark Gateway, you can connect to a computer from anywhere, but some computers cannot be reached because they are buried deep within another private/internal network. To solve this problem, a reverse tunnel can be created between the gateway and the target computer, allowing you to connect to any computer/device.

Getting started

  1. Reverse connection is disabled on the gateway by default. Please set reverse.enabled = true in gateway.conf to enable it.
  2. Restart SparkView
  3. Make sure you have the SparkGateway Agent installed, if not please download and install it from the links below:

Start the agent - examples

Notes in advance:

The Agent creates a server on the gateway which is disabled by default. The administrator must review and enable it before it can be connected. You can set reverse.review = false in gateway.conf to override this default behaviour.

The agent will output an HTTP link when it successfully connects to the gateway, and you can use this link to connect to your local computer from anywhere.

Examples:

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All commands must be entered from the command line.

Information and help on the agent.

sg_agent reverse --help

Create a reverse tunnel between localhost on port 3389 and the SparkView gateway (https://yourgateway). The default protocol for the tunnel is RDP.

sg_agent reverse --host localhost --port 3389 --remote https://yourgateway

Create a reverse tunnel between another local machine (192.168.0.8) on port 5900 and the gateway (https://yourgateway), protocol: vnc (or rfb), allow self-signed or expired certificate on the gateway (-k).

sg_agent reverse --host 192.168.0.8 --port 5900 --remote https://yourgateway --protocol vnc -k
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