Running DCV on http only (no https) via SSH port forwarding

Question

Hi, I'd like to run DCV over an unencrypted protocol (http only, not https), is there anyway to do this?

I'm currently running a port forward over ssh to the DCV server on an ubuntu 20.04 instance, and because I don't have an appropriate SSL certificate for localhost, I keep getting SSL warnings in chrome that I'd prefer not to have.

I'm not looking to import a self signed ssl to chrome to remove the warnings, or provide an ssl that is registered correctly.

I've tried no-tls-strict=false, but that doesn't seem to work (maybe I'm using the wrong format)

Any help is appreciated

Cheers

MikeLim · Accepted Answer

AFAIK, NICE DCV does not support non-encrypted connections.

Alternatively, you can connect using NICE DCV native client. It will pop up a dialog box about untrusted connection only on first connection. 
Native clients can be downloaded from [https://download.nice-dcv.com/](https://download.nice-dcv.com/)

Subsequently, you can restrict your Ubuntu remote access to NICE DCV native clients only. Disable web browser client access by removing web viewer package, i.e.

```
sudo apt remove nice-dcv-web-viewer
```

Samiullah Mohammed · Answer

To run ssh tunnel via port forwarding and run the DCV client:

1. Port forwarding - ssh -L 8443:localhost:8443 ubuntu@.amazonaws.com
2. In the DCV client, use the hostname as localhost.
3. Change the password to the 'ubuntu' user in the instance ( ssh will still only use the pem file ) and use the username and password to connect using DCV

Running DCV on http only (no https) via SSH port forwarding

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