Load Balancing Metrics
FastX allows administrators to create custom metrics for their servers. These metrics can be used as inputs to the FastX load balancer. Basic scripting and JSON knowledge is required To create a...
View ArticleFastX System Requirements
Server RedHat systems (including CentOS) Version 6 or later (version 7 is the latest release), 64-bit only. SuSE (including OpenSUSE and SLES) Version 11 or later. Debian (including Ubuntu) Debian 7...
View Article/api/connect/shortcut
Connect to a session started from a bookmark Id, or start a new session if there is none available Method POST Parameters id — Bookmark id of the shortcut params (optional) — Object of key/value pairs...
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Start a new session from a bookmark id Method POST Parameters id — Bookmark id of the shortcut params (optional) — Object of key/value pairs to pass as user params to the session Result JSON Connect...
View ArticleFastX Web Server dies with a Segmentation Fault
After installing OS security patches, the FastX service may no longer run. This is a bug in OpenSSL with nodeJS. Here are the current cases related to the OpenSSL bug. Node case (closed as it is a red...
View ArticleThere was a problem connecting to the session
When connecting to FastX, the initial connection succeeds, but when you try to connect to a session, you receive the error. “There was a problem connecting to the session” Checking the details of the...
View ArticleFastX Desktop Client Release Notes
Build 2.0.100 June 26, 2017 Fixed crash in SSH when API calls are cancelled Fixed issue with private keys failing in Web Connections Fixed issue with deleted bookmarks reappearing Better Error...
View ArticleFastX Server/Browser Client Release Notes
2.4 Build 001 June 9, 2017 New User Interface Webassembly decoder added for faster image processing Admins can now upload files to the web server License Monitoring in the browser Admins can download...
View ArticleFastX API
General /v3/api Get configuration information. This information does not require a log in Parameters None Result { "result": { "version": 3, /* the version string */ "serverId": "STRING_VALUE", /*...
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Creating your first X-Win32 session
When you first start X-Win32 you will see the X-Config screen Highlight My Connections Click on the Wizard Button and follow the steps to create a connection The newly created connection will appear...
View Articlegnome-terminal
The behavior of gnome-terminal changed in Gnome 3. Background In Gnome 2, the terminal window would show, and the “gnome-terminal” command would not exit until the terminal was exited. However, with...
View ArticleRunning the fastx web server on port 80
FastX uses the nodejs web server to serve a node js app in the user space. Linux distributions do not by default allow node apps to run on typical Http and Https ports ( port 80 and port 443...
View ArticleMATLAB Closes After Session Starts
Problem Running a session with the MATLAB start command may result in the session closing after the MATLAB splash screen appears. Solution Add the following command to the end of the MATLAB start...
View ArticleUsing a 3D proxy with VirtualGL and FastX
FastX can work as a proxy to connect and take care of 2D drawing while a separate server does the 3D rendering using VirtualGL (See VirtualGL section 9.2) This is accomplished with the -d...
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X-Win32: Error activating XKB configuration
Error received: The error generally means your keyboard maps are different than the X-Win32 keyboard maps. This is common for RHEL4 and 5 users. Solution: Open X-Config Click on the “Input” tab...
View ArticleSSH Keys Not Being Forwarded (Gnome Keyring)
Problem User may experience their ssh keys not being forwarded when using Gnome. This is a known issue with Gnome Keyring. For more details please go to https://wiki.gnupg.org/GnomeKeyring....
View ArticleFastX Connection Integration
Window Events Status Events ‘error’ ‘disconnect’ Connection Events ‘connect’ ‘security.password’ ‘security.none’ Settings Events ‘settings.update’ ‘settings.geometry’ ‘settings.keyboard’...
View ArticleFastX: Certificate Authority Set-Up
To obtain and install a certificate from a Certificate Authority on FastX: Generate a private key using this command: (umask 077; openssl genrsa -out `hostname`.key 2048) (This will create a private...
View ArticleX-Win32: Copy and Paste inactive Windows 7
Problem: Copy and Paste becomes inactive when connected to a Linux host using Windows 7. Solution: The following will clear up the copy and paste buffer. Open the Windows command line and use the...
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