Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide
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Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide
Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide V0.97 1 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Splashtop Center Features ......................................................................................................... 3 1.3 System Architecture ................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 System Requirements ................................................................................................................ 5 2. INSTALLATION AND PRODUCT ACTIVATION ............................................................................... 7 2.1 Setup Checklist ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Installation and Activation ......................................................................................................... 8 3. SERVER CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Server ....................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2 SSL Security .............................................................................................................................. 12 3.3 Add User................................................................................................................................... 14 4. SERVER MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................... 18 4.1 Device Management ................................................................................................................ 18 4.1.1 Computers ........................................................................................................................ 18 4.1.2 Clients............................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.3 Groups .............................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Logs .......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.3 License Manager ...................................................................................................................... 22 4.4 Backup ...................................................................................................................................... 23 4.5 Device Activation ..................................................................................................................... 24 4.6 How to Add a Self-signed SSL Certificate in a Mobile Device and Computer .......................... 27 2 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview Splashtop Center provides IT organizations with the tools necessary to secure and centrally manage how users remotely access their computers. Centralize management so you can set user access policies and view session activity in real time. Host inside your firewall on your own servers to protect sensitive user information and eliminate external monthly hosting fees. Enhance access and security so that your mobile users can be more productive by accessing important company files and software from the road or at home easily and securely. This product is comprised of 3 components: Splashtop Center – performs Gateway, Relay, user and device management functions. Splashtop for Business for a mobile device. Splashtop Streamer for Business software for a remote computer (supports ONLY Windows today). 1.2 Splashtop Center Features Splashtop Center allows enterprise to deploy management of enterprise-level remote desktop services to private cloud environment. Following is the feature list of Splashtop Center. Gateway: Connect clients and Streamers. Relay: Supports cross-firewall connection. Internet discovery: Connect remotely even when your mobile device is outside the corporate networks. Secure session: Support SSL certificate. User management: Add or delete user accounts. Reset user passwords. Computer grouping: Set up a group to provide a pool of identically-configured computers for your employees. Active Directory support: Integrate with AD domain user. Device management: Manage client access. Session monitoring: Monitoring employee usage to see which mobile device is connecting to which computer, time of connection, and duration of each session. 3 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Log: Exportable log for auditing. Backup: Import/export all configurations. 1.3 System Architecture Figure 1. Network diagram of DMZ example A typical deployment option is running the Splashtop Center in the demilitarized zone (DMZ). As shown in Figure 1above, deploying in the DMZ requires opening port 443 on the firewall to allow access to services via the Splashtop Center. The IT administrator needs to open port 443 and configure port forwarding for port 443 between public IP (Internet) and private IP (Intranet) in the firewall. All traffic between Internet client and Intranet Streamer communication and data transfer will be relayed by the on-premise Relay service of Splashtop Center. 4 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Figure 2. Network diagram of Intranet example An alternative deployment option is placing the Splashtop Center in the Intranet. This option is for companies who do not have DMZ. Splashtop Center can run in the Intranet and the IT administrator also needs to open port 443 and configure port forwarding for Splashtop Center in the firewall. 1.4 System Requirements Splashtop Center Server Requirements Supported Operating System Windows Server 2008 R2 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Edition) - Windows 7 (Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate) Software Requirement Installer will bundle Java 7 by default Requires Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 or later Run with Administrator privilege Hardware Requirements Processor: Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz or above Memory: 4 GB or above HDD: 10 GB or above 5 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Client Requirements (mobile device) Install Splashtop for Business app on iPad or iPhone OS: iOS version 4.0 or higher Install Splashtop for Business app on Android tablet OS: Android 3.1 or higher Install Splashtop for Business Windows client on Windows OS: Windows 7, Vista, or XP Network connection Streamer Requirements (host computer) Install Splashtop Streamer for Business on a desktop or laptop OS: Windows 7, Vista, or XP Processor: 1.6 GHz or faster dual-core CPU Memory: 1 GB or above Network connection Network Requirements One IP address and domain name: If you need a cross-firewall remote session, please prepare a public IP address for the Splashtop Center, or set port forwarding from the public IP to private IP in your firewall. One port: On-premise Gateway and Relay port: 443 (default) Please make sure port 443 is not blocked by your firewall. 6 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 2. INSTALLATION AND PRODUCT ACTIVATION 2.1 Setup Checklist Here is a checklist to help you verify that you have performed all the steps needed, from beginning to end, in order to install Splashtop Center and set up shared resources for your employees to use. # Required Items 1 IT Administrator: Install Splashtop Center and activate the Splashtop Center License. 2 IT Administrator: Prepare one IP address and one TCP port for the Splashtop Center. On-premise Gateway and Relay port is port 443 (default). Set up port forwarding between public IP and private IP if you need external access. 3 IT Administrator: Set up the Gateway User Account and Password. 4 Employees: Streamer installation Install Splashtop Streamer for Business on desktop or laptop. Fill in the Splashtop Center field, Gateway user email (ID), and Password for Streamer. Note: May need to allow Streamer through the desktop/laptop firewall. 5 Employees: Client installation Install Splashtop for Business on an iPad or other mobile devices. Fill in the Splashtop Center field, Gateway user email (ID), and Password on the client app. 7 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Optional Items 6 IT Administrator: Prepare one domain name and set up internal DNS (and external DNS for the IP address if you need external access). 7 IT Administrator: Set up the Administrator’s ID and Password for the Groups feature. Assign the user to Admin Authority. 8 IT Administrator: Import trusted or self-signed SSL certificate in Splashtop Center. 9 Employees: Import self-signed SSL certificate in mobile device and computer 10 IT Administrator: Add Active Directory users. 11 IT Administrator: Check Enable Device Activation option, create activation codes, and send activation codes to each user. Employees: Activate user devices by activation codes. 2.2 Installation and Activation Please follow the instructions that you were given to download the Splashtop Center package. 1. Install software. Double-click the Splashtop Center package and the installation process will complete automatically. Splashtop Center will be brought up after the Finish button is clicked. 2. To activate Splashtop Center, click the License tab to start the License Manager, shown below. 8 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Online activation: Your license key was provided to you by your Splashtop contact. Click the Assign License button and enter your e-mail address and license key. Then click the Activate button to activate Splashtop Center. The license key needs to be reactivated if you re-install the software. License Details shows the expiration date, the days remaining until expiration, and seat count. Note: In order to activate the license, the system needs to have Internet access to talk to the license server 9 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Offline activation: Offline activation is for those servers which cannot gain access to the Internet. Check the Offline activation option and input Email and License Key; Splashtop Center will generate a Machine code. Please send the Email, License Key and Machine Code to your Splashtop contact. They will provide an Activation Key for you. 10 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 3. SERVER CONFIGURATION 3.1 Server Gateway tab On-premise Gateway is a point of entry for Splashtop Center which connects client and Streamer when they log in to Splashtop Center. On-premise Gateway port: Splashtop Center uses the TCP port only. The default gateway and relay port is 443; please make sure the port is not occupied by other services. If your server domain name is test.company.com, Splashtop Center field on both the streamer and client will be test.splashtop.com. To provide external access service, please set up port forwarding/mapping on your firewall or router. For example, if your Splashtop Center IP address is a private IP, you need to set up port forwarding on your firewall to redirect the port from the public IP to the private IP. 11 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 3.2 SSL Security SSL certificate is an optional configuration. You can import your SSL certificate if you have security concerns. Splashtop Center accepts pfx format for SSL certificates. 1. 2. Import button: You can import your trusted or self-signed SSL certificate using the Import function. Please click the Apply button to make the SSL certificate take effect. Clicking the Generate button opens this dialog box: 12 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide If you don’t have an SSL certificate, this dialog box allows you to use Splashtop Center to generate a self-signed SSL certificate. For importing the self-signed SSL certificate, please refer to the section entitled How to Add a Self-signed SSL Certificate in a Mobile Device and Computer. This is recommended. 3. 4. Export button: Backs up your SSL certificate using the Export function. Remove button: Use the Remove function if you need to remove the certificate. The Force SSL on Local LAN connections option on the Security tab provides more security protection for local LAN connections. The option is unchecked by default to provide SSL protection for cross-network connections only. Local LAN connections enjoy better performance without SSL protection. If the option is turned on, all client and Streamer connections will be protected by SSL. this option take effect. Please click the Apply button to make 13 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 3.3 Add User Users: Gateway and Domain (Active Directory) Splashtop Center supports two user types. Please follow the instructions to add your users in Splashtop Center. 1. Gateway User is a Splashtop Center user account that only exists on the Splashtop Center gateway module. This is the typical account for Splashtop Center unless you use Active Directory. 2. Domain User is an Active Directory (AD) user which is managed by your IT administrator. IT administrators can integrate AD users into Splashtop Center. For more details about user management; please refer to the below sections. Add Gateway User Create Gateway users with activation code. (User sets their password on their own, but requires providing the user an activation code for the initial setup.) 1. Click Add button on Users tab 2. Generate Activation Code for password creation option is checked by default 3. Enter user Email and click OK button 4. Activation Code List window pops up with activation code 5. Click Copy all to clipboard button to copy the activation code and provide to the user 6. Paste into an email and send to user. 7. User needs to activate from a client device (iOS, Android, or Windows client) – not streamer system. Launch Splashtop for Business, then click on “Activate this product” link Enter account email address and activation code and tap “Activate” button Then enter password twice to setup User logs in Create Gateway users with pre-set password. 1. Click Add button on Users tab 2. Uncheck Generate Activation Code for password creation option 3. Enter user Email and a user password. 4. Email credentials to user. 5. User logs in 14 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Change Password for Gateway Users The password policy mandates that the password must be at least 6 characters and must have at least one numeric character. The allowed character sets are: Alphabet: A-Z or a-z; Numeric: 0-9. Users can change their password on the web page. https://your_Splashtop_Center_URL:port/html/changepassword.html For example: https://splashtop.com:443/html/changepassword.html. 15 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Add Domain (Active Directory) user Please join the host server in to the Active Directory domain. Log in as domain user on Splashtop Center and add AD user. Add user by selecting Domain user in the User type field. Enter domain_name\user_name in the User name field and its related Password into the dialog box shown above. The User logon name can be any valid domain account. Then you can click the Check button to verify the domain account. Click the OK button to add AD domain user in Splashtop Center. Splashtop Center will use the Email property value as the user account. 16 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide For example, if you add user “john” from the “splashtop.com” domain, the user account for Streamer and client would be “[email protected]”. If the Email property is empty, the User logon name would be the user account. If a user is removed from AD directly, that user will still be present in Splashtop Center. However, the account will be disabled as the credential check will fail when querying against AD. 17 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4. SERVER MANAGEMENT 4.1 Device Management 4.1.1 Computers The Computers tab displays current computers (Streamers) Status, the Last Updated time, the Computer Name, the User ID, and Streamer Version. 4.1.2 Clients The Clients tab displays the current clients’ Last Updated time, Client Name, IP Address, User ID, Platform, and client Version. 18 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4.1.3 Groups To set up a group or “pool” of shared computers, an IT administrator must log in using the Splashtop Center Administrator’s account on these Streamers. In Splashtop Center, there is a “Groups” tab. 1. Click on the “Add” button of the “Groups” tab. Then you will get the window above. 2. Enter in a name for the group and select the users that you want to have access to this group. 3. The Allow everyone to access option allows all users to access the group. 19 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4. In addition, you will need to select the computers to be part of this group from the Computers tab. 5. The Enable auto log out Windows desktop after session disconnects option forces the connected Windows system to log out automatically after session disconnects. 6. The Enable new Windows users be allowed to log in to shared computers allows new Windows user who never logs on to the Windows to access the Windows. 20 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4.2 Logs Logs tab The Logs tab displays online and offline sessions and shows the Start time, Client name, Client IP address, User account, Client Platform, Computer (Streamer) name, Group, Duration of the session, and Connection type of the session. Current online sessions are displayed with a green indicator in the Status column, and past sessions are indicated with a gray indicator. Export button If you click the Export button, Splashtop Center will export all session logs in CSV format to your selected folder. 21 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4.3 License Manager License details: This will display your license key, key status, expiration date, and maximum user accounts (seats). Assign License: Click this button to activate your license key. Release License: Click this button to revoke the current license key. 22 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4.4 Backup 1. The Save all settings to file button will save all your settings to an XML file. this backup file in case you need to recover your settings. Please keep 2. The Restore all settings from file button allows you to use the XML backup file to restore your settings. 23 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4.5 Device Activation The Enable Device Activation option requires all client devices to be activated. activated devices can connect with Splashtop Center. Only the Enabling the Device Activation option will pop up the Pre-activate client devices window 24 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide above. This window allows an IT manager to qualify pre-connected devices. that disabling Device Activation option will invalidate all activation codes. Please note In the Users tab, click the Edit button. This brings up the User window above. The Show Activation Status option allows IT to review the status of the activation codes for each user. The Request additional Activation Codes function creates more activation codes for the user. 25 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide Activate Mobile device: Using the iPad client as an example: 1. 2. 3. 4. Launch Splashtop for Business App. Touch Activate this product link on the Enter your account login page. Enter Splashtop Center URL, Email, and Activation Code on Activate your product page above. Touch the Activate button to activate this device. 26 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 4.6 How to Add a Self-signed SSL Certificate in a Mobile Device and Computer Mobile device: Using the iPad client as an example: 1. Launch https://your_Splashtop_Center_URL:<port>/sslcert from the Safari app. 2. Upon Cannot Verify Server Identity dialog prompt, proceed with Continue. 3. Select Install to trust the self-signed certificate on the iPad device. Computer: Windows 7 Streamer as an example: 1. Launch https://your_Splashtop_Center_URL:<port>/sslcert from IE and download the sslcert.cert file. 2. 3. 4. 5. Run the command mmc.exe from the Windows 7 Start -> Search bar. If prompted by UAC to allow the MMC to make changes to this computer, click Yes. It will bring up a blank MMC console. From the File menu, select Add/Remove Snap-in… In the Add or Remove Snap-ins window, choose the Certificates snap-in, then click the Add > button. It will bring up the Certificates snap-in window. 27 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 6. In the Certificates snap-in window, select Computer account, then click the Next > button. This will bring up the Select Computer window. 7. In the Select Computer window, select Local computer: (the computer this console is running on), then click Finish button. Snap-ins dialog. This will bring you back to the Add or Remove 28 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 8. In the Add or Remove Snap-ins window, then click the OK button. 9. In the MMC console, select Trusted Root Certification Authorities. 10. In the Action menu, select All Tasks, then select Import… It will bring up a Certificate Import Wizard dialog as shown below 29 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 11. In the Certificate Import Wizard window, click the Next > button. It will bring up File to Import. 12. In the Certificate Import Wizard window, click the Browse… button to select the sslcert.cer file which you downloaded in step 1, and then click the Next > button. It 30 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide will bring up Certificate Store. 13. In the Certificate Import Wizard window, select Place all certificates in the following store then Certificate store: Trusted Root Certification Authorities. Click the Next > button, click the Finish button, and then click OK to finish the Certificate Import Wizard. 31 Splashtop Confidential Splashtop Center Quick Start Guide 14. Exit the MMC console. A “Save console settings to Console1?“ message will display. No need to save the console, so click the No button. 32 Splashtop Confidential