Keycyte PAM 3.2 · Administrator Guide
Connection Settings
The Server Details panel shows additional fields depending on the selected Protocol. This topic lists them. For the fields that every protocol has, see Adding Servers.
The following table shows which groups of fields appear for which protocol:
| Field group | RDP | APP | 3rd | WEBAPP | VNC | TELNET | MYSQL, MSSQL, POSTGRESQL | KUBERNETES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security, Color | Yes | |||||||
| Keyboard | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Resize Method | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| RDP display check boxes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| RemoteApp fields | Yes | |||||||
| Jump Server | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| 3rd Party | Yes | |||||||
| Web application fields | Yes | |||||||
| Cursor | Yes | |||||||
| Username Regex, Password Regex | Yes | |||||||
| Database | Yes | |||||||
| Kubernetes fields | Yes |
RDP Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Security | Security mode for the RDP connection: Any (negotiated with the server), NLA, TLS or RDP. Default for a new server: Any. |
| Keyboard | Keyboard layout of the remote session: English (US), Turkish (Q), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (BR) or Japanese. Default for a new server: English (US). |
| Color | Color depth: Default, 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit. |
| Resize Method | What happens when the user resizes the browser window: Display Update (the remote desktop is resized in place) or Reconnect (the session reconnects with the new size). Default behaves as Display Update. |
The following check boxes turn features on for RDP, APP and 3rd servers. All are cleared by default.
| Check box | Description |
|---|---|
| Disable Auth | Disables authentication at the RDP level. |
| Wallpaper | Shows the desktop wallpaper. |
| Theme | Enables Windows visual themes. |
| Animations | Enables menu animations. |
| Font Smoothing | Enables font smoothing (ClearType). |
| Compositions | Enables desktop composition effects. |
| Window-Drag | Shows window contents while a window is dragged. |
| Disable GFX | Turns off the RDP graphics pipeline extension. Try this if the session shows display problems. |
| Console | Connects to the console (administrative) session of the Windows host. |
Tip
Visual features increase bandwidth use. Leave Wallpaper, Theme, Animations, Compositions and Window-Drag cleared unless users need them.
Note
Audio redirection is turned off for browser sessions.
RemoteApp (APP) Options
APP servers use the Keyboard, Resize Method and RDP check box fields, and the following:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| App Name | RemoteApp program to start on the host. |
| Working Directory | Working directory of the program. Optional. |
| App Args | Command-line arguments of the program. Optional. |
3rd Party Options
3rd servers use the Keyboard, Resize Method and RDP check box fields, and the following:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Jump Server | Jump server on which the application runs. |
| 3rd Party | Application to start. Applications are defined in Settings > Connection. |
Web Application (WEBAPP) Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Jump Server | Jump server on which the browser runs. |
| Script | Web application script that performs the login. Scripts are defined in Settings > Connection. |
| Username Id | Identifier of the user name field on the login page. |
| Password Id | Identifier of the password field on the login page. |
| Disable Kiosk Mode | Opens the browser in normal mode instead of kiosk mode. |
Note
When a 3rd or WEBAPP server connects through a jump server, Keycyte PAM always uses the Display Update resize method.
VNC Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Cursor | How the mouse cursor is drawn: Default, Local (drawn by the browser) or Remote (drawn by the VNC server). |
Telnet Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Username Regex | Regular expression that matches the user name prompt of the target, for example [Ll]ogin:. When the prompt appears, Keycyte PAM sends the account’s user name. |
| Password Regex | Regular expression that matches the password prompt, for example [Pp]assword:. When the prompt appears, Keycyte PAM sends the account’s password. |
Database Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Database | Name of the database to open. Used by MYSQL, MSSQL and POSTGRESQL servers. |
Kubernetes Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Namespace | Namespace of the pod. The placeholder shows default. |
| Pod | Name of the pod. |
| Container | Name of the container. Optional when the pod has one container. |
| Use SSL | Connects to the Kubernetes API over TLS and shows the certificate fields below. |
| Client Certificate | Client certificate in PEM format. |
| Client Key | Private key of the client certificate in PEM format. |
| CA Certificate | CA certificate that signed the API server certificate, in PEM format. |
| Ignore Certificate | Skips verification of the API server certificate. |
For Kubernetes servers, Command sets the command executed in the container.