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andrew_mcc1
Level 6
6 years ago

How to access AWS Master Server Admin Console?

Does anyone have a reliable method of accessing AWS Master Server Admin Console from outside AWS? I have had it working via a Windows "bastion host" running the Java Console as AWS supports RDP but I...
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  • RiaanBadenhorst's avatar
    RiaanBadenhorst
    5 years ago

    Hi Andew,

    If your client's only way to get into the VPC is a bastion, then that bastion, or another one, would need to be setup to run the JAVA console. 

    Alternatively, you have the following options;

    1. Your customer makes holes in the firewall for JAVA to connect (this is not really best practice and will surely be shot down)
    2. Your customer sets up a VPN to get into the VPC.

    Like I said before, don't get off track because it's AWS (or AZURE, or whatever cloud provider), treat it as a data center you need access and your customer needs to provide it. 

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andrew_mcc1
Level 6

Riaan, thanks for this.

I was advised by an AWS architect (OK, not an Amazon empoyee) it would be best to use RDP to a Windows bastion for GUI access but the summary is I am reaching out for methods to run the NBU Admin Console locally to manage NBU within AWS (without Windows RDP).

I guess it can be done via tunnelling and port forwarding; but does anyone have any examples or experience of doing this?

Thanks again, Andrew

RiaanBadenhorst's avatar
RiaanBadenhorst
Level 6
5 years ago

Hi Andew,

If your client's only way to get into the VPC is a bastion, then that bastion, or another one, would need to be setup to run the JAVA console. 

Alternatively, you have the following options;

  1. Your customer makes holes in the firewall for JAVA to connect (this is not really best practice and will surely be shot down)
  2. Your customer sets up a VPN to get into the VPC.

Like I said before, don't get off track because it's AWS (or AZURE, or whatever cloud provider), treat it as a data center you need access and your customer needs to provide it. 

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    andrew_mcc1
    Level 6
    5 years ago

    Riaan, Thanks for this. I'll mark this as the solution and push back on the customer if he wants access via a Linux bastion. Doesn't sound as if there is much real-world experience of doing this sort of thing out there yet...

    Thanks again, Andrew