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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @FATeknollogee
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      @fateknollogee said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

      @JaredBusch Did you end up moving your SC install from 2012 R2 to Linux?

      Yes.

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      • FATeknollogeeF
        FATeknollogee
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        Any one have instructions on how to add Lets Encrypt SSL to "on-prem" SC install?

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        • FATeknollogeeF
          FATeknollogee @JaredBusch
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          @jaredbusch said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

          @fateknollogee said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

          @JaredBusch Did you end up moving your SC install from 2012 R2 to Linux?

          Yes.

          You notice any performance difference or was it more of a licensing cost issue?

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @FATeknollogee
            last edited by

            @fateknollogee said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

            Any one have instructions on how to add Lets Encrypt SSL to "on-prem" SC install?

            Mine runs behind an Nginx proxy, so no.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @FATeknollogee
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              @fateknollogee said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

              @jaredbusch said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

              @fateknollogee said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

              @JaredBusch Did you end up moving your SC install from 2012 R2 to Linux?

              Yes.

              You notice any performance difference or was it more of a licensing cost issue?

              It was all because of licensing. Actually the performance is worse on Linux (I used CentOS 7 at the time) than it is on Windows. This is because they develop this product on Windows with ASP.net and then ported it to Linux using Mono.

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              • FATeknollogeeF
                FATeknollogee @JaredBusch
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                @jaredbusch said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

                Mine runs behind an Nginx proxy, so no.

                Is this the "preferred" way to run it?

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @FATeknollogee
                  last edited by

                  @fateknollogee said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

                  @jaredbusch said in New Options & Pricing from ScreenConnect:

                  Mine runs behind an Nginx proxy, so no.

                  Is this the "preferred" way to run it?

                  Well because I run a large number of things in a colo behind a single IP, I have to do it this way. If I was running this on a VPS like Vultr, I would not likely bother with the proxy unless adding SSL was complicated or something.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
                    last edited by JaredBusch

                    @FATeknollogee I knew ScreenConnect did not use Apache or Nginx, and so yeah using LE will not work out well.

                    So I just did a quick bit of looking, you have to use their tool to generate a CSR and such.
                    https://docs.connectwise.com/ConnectWise_Control_Documentation/On-premises/Advanced_setup/SSL_certificate_installation
                    This is a pain in the ass.

                    So, here is what I would do.

                    • Install ScreenConnect and leave on default ports (8040 for HTTP and 8041 Relay).
                      • Remember the relay data is always encrypted by the app itself, there is no cert there.
                    • Run Certbot in standalone mode to get your LE cert
                    • Install Nginx on the same box and configure
                      • forward 80 to 443
                      • setup 443 to use the LE cert and forward 443 to http://127.0.0.1:8040
                    • Setup a cron job to run certbot renew daily.
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                    • FATeknollogeeF
                      FATeknollogee
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                      @JaredBusch Thanks for the detailed info!!

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                      • Mike DavisM
                        Mike Davis
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                        I wish there was just a little more competition in this area...

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                          Alex Sage @Mike Davis
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                          @mike-davis me too

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