Port Forwarding

 

Port forwarding lets you make one or more ports of a cloud desktop accessible on your local network or over the internet. It’s frequently employed alongside Remote Desktop Protocol. 

You can use this feature with DaDesktop Course machines (which need a private server), as well as DaDesktop For Work or Standalone setups. Do keep in mind that the interface might look a bit different depending on the machine type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select ‘Advanced’ and then ‘Port Forwarding’,

You can set up port forwarding with either automatic or manual allocation. With auto allocation, the system picks the next free port on the server—a handy option that keeps things simple. Manual allocation, on the other hand, lets you specify each external port yourself, ranging from 10000 to 65500 if you need to. Any manual forwards you’ve added before will remain and can be adjusted later.

Auto Allocation

This screenshot illustrates auto allocation, along with a manual port forward that has already been configured—using host port 11122 and VM port 22.

Manual Allocation

In this example, port 11122 is set up for both TCP and UDP forwarding to cloud desktop VM port 22, which is typically used for SSH. You can choose different TCP and UDP ports if needed.

Example for Windows RDP

This walkthrough relies on the manual allocation approach, but you can just as well use auto allocation.

1. Locate your DaDesktop desktop, then click "Port forwarding" and set up the TCP port you'd like for remote connections. Here, you pair your chosen external port number with 3389 (for example, 66666:3389). Be sure to remember this port; if you ever forget, you can always return to Port forwarding to see it again.

2. Once you’ve submitted the port settings, create a password inside your Windows DD machine and then hit "Enable Remote Desktop".

3. Return to your Windows device, launch Remote Desktop, and enter the server name along with the TCP port you configured (for example, zh4cn.npg.io:xxxxx). In "Show Options," you can also pick the desired resolution for the remote desktop window.

3.1 To log into your DaDesktop remote desktop, by default 

"Be sure to set a username and password inside the machine first."

After that, you can connect to the remote desktop.

 

4. Now you have a remote desktop that runs the DD template and uses your own device’s sound hardware. You can easily copy, paste, and output documents as well. (The small window on the left shows the DD remote desktop with audio.)