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+ | ===== X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service ===== | ||
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+ | Package name: ''' | ||
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+ | On Debian based systems: | ||
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+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | $ sudo apt-get install x2gobroker-authservice | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | The X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service normally gets installed on the machine that also has '' | ||
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+ | The X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service requires root privileges for a few PAM based authentication backends. The default installation authenticates against PAM, on default Linux systems, PAM authentication ('' | ||
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+ | With other PAM setups (e.g. '' | ||
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+ | Furthermore, | ||
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+ | ===== X2Go Session Broker Agent ===== | ||
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+ | Package name: ''' | ||
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+ | On Debian based systems: | ||
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+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | $ sudo apt-get install x2gobroker-agent | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Installing X2Go Session Broker Agent is optional. The broker agent has to be intalled on machines that are in the roll of an X2Go Server (i.e. in the role of a terminal server running X2Go). | ||
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+ | **Note:** Furthermore, | ||
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+ | The broker agent is the man-in-the-middle between X2Go Session Broker and the X2Go Server(s) that the session broker provides. Through the X2Go Session Broker Agent the broker core can obtain information on provided X2Go Servers for all users on that server host. | ||
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+ | The current functionalities of the broker agent are: | ||
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+ | * list user sessions of any user | ||
+ | * deploy SSH public keys on behalf of any user | ||
+ | * drop SSH public keys on behalf of any user | ||
+ | * render an ordered list of X2Go Servers and their usage (by number of running/ | ||
+ | * suspend sessions on behalf of any user | ||
+ | * render a list of used X2Go Servers | ||
+ | * (more to come...) | ||
===== X2Go Session Broker: Backends and Frontends ===== | ===== X2Go Session Broker: Backends and Frontends ===== | ||
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- | ===== X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service ===== | ||
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- | Package name: ''' | ||
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- | On Debian based systems: | ||
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- | <code bash> | ||
- | $ sudo apt-get install x2gobroker-authservice | ||
- | </ | ||
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- | The X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service normally gets installed on the machine that also has '' | ||
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- | The X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service requires root privileges for a few PAM based authentication backends. The default installation authenticates against PAM, on default Linux systems, PAM authentication ('' | ||
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- | With other PAM setups (e.g. '' | ||
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- | Furthermore, | ||
===== Setting up Config Files ===== | ===== Setting up Config Files ===== | ||
- | ==== X2Go Session Broker | + | ==== Configuration of X2Go Session Broker ==== |
For a basic configuration with the INI file backend and the standalone daemon (recommended for beginners) you only need to touch. Click on the config file names below to retrieve more info on how to modify/ | For a basic configuration with the INI file backend and the standalone daemon (recommended for beginners) you only need to touch. Click on the config file names below to retrieve more info on how to modify/ | ||
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+ | ==== Configuration of X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service ==== | ||
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+ | The authentication service normally does not need any configuration, | ||
__X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service:__ | __X2Go Session Broker Authentication Service:__ |