Is having only one Master server with external IP possible?

[aaron]

Hi @sswirski,

Yep, ChatGPT is definitely hallucinating I’m afraid there’s no master_gateway parameter in ThinLinc.

Are you using the native client to connect, or the browser-based one (tlwebaccess)? If you’re using tlwebaccess, you might want to give ThinLinc 4.20.0 a spin when it is released shortly, or even try the beta:

ThinLinc 4.20.0 beta

ThinLinc 4.20.0 beta available for testing The next release of ThinLinc is almost ready. Before the official launch of version 4.20.0, we’re making a beta build available for public testing. This beta includes over 100 fixes and improvements. Some of the most prominent changes are: ThinLinc’s web-based services, Web Access and web administration, have both been overhauled to make sure they work well behind reverse HTTP proxies, even in complex cluster configurations. This includes making s…

4.20.0 will have reverse proxy support for the browser client, which should give you what you’re after (although you’ll still need to set up a reverse proxy server).

If you’re using the native client, the process is a bit more involved. Basically you would set up all your agents behind a NAT router on a private network, and then configure your NAT router to forward specific ports to the relevant agents. The tricky part is that you have to have a mapping between the agent hostname (i.e. whatever /vsmagent/agent_hostname is set to on each agent), and the correct port on the router. This can be done using the HOST_ALIASES parameter of the ThinLinc client; see the heading “NAT Traversal” here:

What does the HOST_ALIASES parameter of the ThinLinc client do?

The ThinLinc client supports a large number of configuration options, the most useful of which are able to be set via the GUI. Other, less common options can either be passed at the command line, or via a plain-text configuration file located at ~/.thinlinc/tlclient.conf. One of these less frequently used options is the HOST_ALIASES parameter. According to the ThinLinc Administrator’s Guide, the HOST_ALIASES parameter: …specifies a list of hostname and port translations. This translation list…

Hope that helps!