Remote access

Owned by Wolfgang Granzer
Sept 19, 2023
3 min read

For a cloud project it is possible to a remote access to the web visualization of the assigned BMS Platform. This remote access can be used to connect to the BMS Platform from anywhere from the Internet. Since a secure tunnel is established from the local BMS Platform to the cloud portal, this remote access can even be used if the local BMS Platform is behind a firewall or if it does not have a public IP address.

To manage the remote access connections, select the cloud project and open the context menu by pressing the button with the three dots.

Select List remote accesses to get the list of available remote connections.

 

There are two different remote access types: api, visu, and visuToken.

Remote access type: api

Remote access of type api can be used to access the TreeApi of your BMS Platform via the Internet. For more information about the TreeApi see TreeApi: REST API for accessing server items .

To create a new remote access of type api, click the button Create Remote Access. Give the remote access a name, select type Cloud Api and select the Active checkbox.

After having pressed the Save button, a new remote access URL will be created.

This URL can be used to access the TreeApi of your BMS Platform instance from anywhere in the Internet.

Remote access type: visu

This kind of remote access provides an URL that can be used to access the login form of the web visualization. They are created and managed within the cloud portal. To create a new remote access of type visu, click the button Create Remote Access. Give the remote access a name, select type Visualization and select the Active checkbox. As an option you can also limit the allowed visualization devices.

After having pressed the Save button, a new remote access URL will be created.

You can use this URL to access the login form of your web visualization.

Remote access type: visuToken

This remote access can be used login to the web visualization via a remote URL in combination with a remote access token. This means that no username / password is required since the remote access token is used as credentials. This remote access connections can only be generated by the Web Manager of the local BMS Platform installation. For more information see Tutorial: login to web visualization via cloud