Sophos XG Firewall: How to configure RDP Bookmarks with Clientless Access VPN

Overview

• This article describe the steps to configure RDP Bookmarks with Clientless Access VPN (HTML5).

Bookmark creation

• Go to VPN -> Bookmarks and then click Add.
• For the Type field, choose RDP.
• The URL field should be the IP address of the workstation or server that will be accessed via RDP session.
• Click Save.

Clientless Access VPN creation

• Go to VPN -> Clientless Access, click Add and then enter the parameter as shown below.

• Click Apply.

Accessing the RDP Bookmark

• Login to the User Portal using the login credentials of the user that is allowed to use the RDP Bookmark.
• Click on SSL VPN. The created RDP Bookmark is displayed under Clientless Access Connections section.

• Click on the RDP Bookmark that was created. It will then direct you to the RDP session for the configured workstation or server.
• Note: You must be allowed Remote Desktop service on Workstation or Server to use RDP Bookmarks.

Result

• You will successfully access your workstation or server by HTML via RDP.