Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Workspace

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop

Host your Windows applications on AWS and provide web access to multiple concurrent users.

No client needed, just a web browser!

You can now access your Amazon VMs (AWS) over the Internet using just a web browser.

Thinfinity Workspace offers you a secure, pure HTML5 client compatible with Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera, and any other major browser.

Publishing your AWS instance online is very simple, there are just a few steps you have to follow.

Please make sure you are running the latest version, you can check the downloads page here.

By default, Thinfinity Remote Workspace will listen on port 9443. To verify this, open the Thinfinity Remote Workspace Gateway exe file:

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 01

 

This is the General page, that lists the port and other data about the Gateway:

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 02

 

With this information, we can now go to the AWS portal and open the port for Thinfinity Remote Workspace.
Go to the ‘Security Groups’ tab:

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 03

 

Create a new Security Group:

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 04

 

Add the port you configured in the Thinfinity Workspace Gateway manager (we will use ‘9443’):

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 05

 

Now select the Security Group on your VM. To do so, right-click on the VM and go to “Networking > Change Security Groups”.

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 06

 

Last but not least, make sure port 9443 is also open on Windows Firewall in the VM. You can add an inbound rule to be sure. In order to do so, run “wf.msc” to open Windows Firewall:

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 07

 

    1. Create a new inbound rule:

 

Access Amazon Web Services with Thinfinity Remote Workspace Remote Desktop, step 08

    2. Select Port and hit “Next”

    3. Make sure “TPC” is selected and add the specific port. If you have the default port configured in Thinfinitiy Remote Workspace Gateway, just enter “9443” and hit “Next”.

    4. Select “Allow all connections” and press “Next”.

    5. Ensure “Public” is checked and press “Next”.

    6. Add a name and description and press “Next”.

Finally, you should be able to reach your Thinfinity Remote Desktop Workspace URL from the internet!

You can also read our guide for Web Remote Access Over Internet.

 

 

Have any questions?

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