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

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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
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              @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
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                    @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
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                      @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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