Web Console

Features:

  • Add/modify users and user groups
  • Modify device access permissions
  • Browse device connection logs and the other logs
  • Update settings
  • Manage client settings sync strategies

Log in

The default port of the web console is 21114. Enter http://<hbbs host>:21114 in the browser to enter the console page, as shown in the following figure. The default administrator username/password is admin/test1234:

If you need HTTPS support, please install a web server such as Nginx or use IIS for Windows.

After logging in please be sure to change the password, select Settings in the account menu in the upper right corner to enter the password modification page, as shown in the following figure. You can also create another administrator account and delete this one. You’d better enable email login verification.

Non-administrator users can also login to browse their device and logs, change their user settings.

Automatic Configs

By Clicking on Windows EXE you will be able to get the configs for your own RustDesk server Pro, this will help configure your clients

For Windows clients, you can leave out the custom server configuration and put the configuration information in the rustdesk.exe filename instead. As shown above, please go to the console welcome page and click on Windows EXE. Client >=1.1.9 Required.

You can use this in conjuction with client config and deployment scripts to setup your clients.

Creating a new user other than the default admin user

  1. Click On Users on the left hand menu
  2. Create another account with administrator enabled.
  3. Log in with the new administrative account.
  4. Delete the admin on Users page.

Creating a new users

  1. Click On Users on the left hand menu
  2. Create a new user.
  3. Select what group they should be in (if you need to add new groups please keep reading).

Add New Groups

  1. Click On Groups on the left hand menu
  2. Create a new group.
  3. Once created you can allow groups access each other, Click Edit.
  4. Select the relevant groups you want access (it automatically adds them in the corresponding group).

Setting up multiple relay servers

  1. Go to Settings on the left hand menu.
  2. Click on Relay on the sub-menu.
  3. Click + next to Relay Servers.
  4. Enter the Relay server DNS address or IP address in the box which now shows and press Enter.
  5. If you have more than one Relay server you can keep clicking + and adapt the Geo settings is required (remember and copy your key to the other servers).

Set or change the license

  1. Go to Settings on the left hand menu.
  2. Click on License on the sub-menu.
  3. Click Edit and paste in your license code.
  4. Click OK.

Viewing Logs

On the left hand side click on Logs.

Setup Emails

Gmail in this example

  1. Go to Settings on the left hand menu.
  2. Click on SMTP on the sub-menu.
  3. Enter the SMTP address smtp.gmail.com.
  4. Enter the Port 587 in SMTP Port.
  5. Enter the Gmail account i.e. myrustdeskserver@gmail.com in Mail Account.
  6. Enter your password (you might need an app password).
  7. Enter your Gmail account i.e. myrustdeskserver@gmail.com in From.
  8. Click Check to save.

Assign Device Users and Groups to Devices

The User is the RustDesk User logged in on the device or assigned to the device by clicking edit next to the device click in the User box and drop down to select your user, this will auto assign the group based on the group the user as been assigned to.

This can also be done via the API at command line on deployment or later by calling the rustdesk executable followed by –assign –token “generatedtoken” –user_name “username” (you need to go to Settings - Tokens - Create and create a token with Device permissions first to do this). An example iof this on windows would be `“C:\program files\RustDesk\rustdesk.exe” –assign –token “generatedtoken” –user_name “newuser”.

Searching for a device

  1. Go to Devices.
  2. In the Device Name Search Field type in the name and click Query or hit Enter.
  3. To use a wildcard add % at the start, end or both of the search term.