User portal?

GhostlyPea · 31 Jul 2018 at 11:23

Hi all

I'm not sure exactly what I'm after or even if it's out there. The goal is that I can have a web portal that users can open when they VPN in, like a clientless SSL VPN portal splash page available on some firewall vendors. When they log in they can be presented with URL links, short cuts to SMB shares (ideally browsing integrated into the page), launch icons for SSH or RDP etc.

Doesn't need to be fancy, its non-commercial use and will have maybe 4 - 5 users tops. I'm not a developer so writing something myself would be garbage and miss all the basic features needed like permissions etc.

Any ideasa if something like this exists?

- GP

AmateurExpert · 31 Jul 2018 at 15:33

Something like cPanel? Try a web search for "cpanel alternatives" and see if anything fits the bill.

GhostlyPea · 31 Jul 2018 at 17:29

Cheers for the idea, however its more of a user-side portal that I need rather than admin. Usage example would be for my mum to open the web page and then have a couple of links to website on, a button the clock to navigate an SMB share, click another button it launches an RDP/VNC window etc.

- GP

Number_25 · 31 Jul 2018 at 23:18

A couple of years ago, I wrote a simple website using python-flask website than ran on boot (when systemd was all new and shiny) for a "how to use a computer" class.

One of the issues you may have is that, in some cases, mounting a SMB share required elevated privileges. Getting that to work may be difficult.

If you need help, just ask and we'll work on this together.

kitkat9933 · 6 Aug 2018 at 11:19

owncloud and then use to publish smb shares?

GhostlyPea · 6 Aug 2018 at 11:24

I'll take a look at that, thanks. Still open to more suggestions

- GP

Sp00n · 7 Aug 2018 at 13:57

Nextcloud, a fork of owncloud which is more actively developed, has a bunch of apps that you can add on that might fit your needs.

GhostlyPea · 7 Aug 2018 at 14:02

Cheers, looks like its paid for though

- GP

Sp00n · 7 Aug 2018 at 14:32

No, it's free and opensource

You can pay for support if you need it.

GhostlyPea · 7 Aug 2018 at 15:07

Ahhh right! I'll defo check it out then, cheers man

- GP

Randomface74 · 7 Aug 2018 at 15:08

Okta
Remote desktop connection manager

BigT · 25 Aug 2018 at 22:56

Are you prepared to run a server to host this portal? I have an Unraid server and am soon going to investigate running a Heimdall docker container to provide an access portal to things a bit like it sounds you would like.

https://github.com/linuxserver/Heimdall

GhostlyPea · 28 Aug 2018 at 11:46

Yeah I have spare capacity on the host so that sort of thing is what I was planning. I'll check out Heimdall later, thanks!

- GP