A Recast Proxy is a service that runs under a service account. A Proxy can serve many purposes, such as running Recast actions, elevating permissions, or reading from Active Directory or Configuration Manager to populate scopes.
To view the required permissions for each Recast Software product and proxy use, see Proxy Permissions.
NOTE: In deployments with multiple Recast Proxies, only one Proxy can be installed per server, and each Proxy can only support one service account.
User Proxies are automatically installed with your standard Right Click Tools installation. The user proxy ensures that actions run in Right Click Tools will run as the logged in user with the logged in user's permissions. User proxies do not appear on the Recast Proxies page in the Recast Management Server interface.
Service Account Proxies are useful when you want to run actions as a service account. These can also be used to run actions against untrusted domains. Install these proxies using the Recast Proxy MSI available in the Recast Portal. Service account proxies are listed on the Recast Proxies page in RMS.
Service account proxies installed in another domain than the Recast Management Server must be manually authorized on the Recast Proxies page before they can be used to run actions. You can also edit RMS settings to automatically approve all proxies.
The permission set required for a proxy service account differs depending on how you're using a Recast Proxy.
If you haven't set up the required proxy permissions prior to installing Recast Management Server or Recast Proxy, you can skip the installer's Configuration Manager Configuration page by removing any information from the text fields, selecting Test ConfigMgr Connection and the Skip ConfigMgr Verification checkbox, and clicking Next.
Right Click Tools
| Access web dashboards and trends Schedule Builder actions Schedule kiosk profile application |
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| Run actions as a service account |
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| Elevate permissions |
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| Add or remove from collections |
configmgr collection > modify permission |
| Fast Channel support |
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Endpoint Insights
| Collect warranty information |
NOTE: These permissions match those required to access web dashboards and trends in Right Click Tools |
| Collect warrant information if RMS is installed on a server other than your ConfigMgr SQL database |
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Privilege Manager
NOTE: Privilege Manager does not require a Configuration Manager service connection.
| For all Privilege Manager features |
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Application Manager
| MECM Integration |
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A service account proxy can be installed on the same server as the Recast Management Server, either during or after Recast Management Server installation.
If the proxy is being installed in a different domain than the Recast Management Server, the Recast Proxy must be deployed separately after Recast Management Server installation. See Install Recast Proxy Separately.
By default, the Recast Management Server automatically authorizes any proxy installed in the same domain as the Recast Management Server. Proxies installed in other domains must be approved manually, unless you've edited the default setting to approve all proxies automatically.
Approve a Proxy Manually
If a proxy is installed separately in another domain, you must approve it manually.
To approve a proxy manually:
1. In your Recast Management Server, select Proxies in the navigation panel.
On the Recast Proxies page, your newly installed proxy should be visible but not Authorized.
2. Click the Edit icon to the right of the proxy.
3. In the Edit Recast Proxy window, enable the Authorized checkbox and click Save.
Un-approve a Proxy
You can manually remove authorization from any Recast Proxy.
To remove proxy authorization:
1. On the Recast Proxies page, click the Edit icon to the right of the proxy.
2. In the Edit Recast Proxy window, disable the Authorized checkbox and click Save.
Approve All Proxies Automatically
You can choose to have your Recast Management Server automatically authorize all proxies regardless of the domain where they're installed.
To approve all proxies automatically:
1. In your Recast Management Server, navigate to Administration > Settings.
2. Under Recast Management Server, click the Edit icon to the right of Recast Proxy Approval.
3. In the Change Setting window, choose Automatically Approve All Agents from the Value drop-down menu.
A route determines the proxy to which your Recast actions are sent. In order for the Recast Management Server to run actions through the service account proxy, create a proxy route that uses the service account.
To create a Recast Proxy route:
1. In your Recast Management Server, navigate to Administration > Routes.
2. In the main window, click Create.
3. Set route Type to Recast Proxy.
4. Select your proxy computer name with service account from the drop-down.
5. Set the Role to Administrators.
6. Click Submit.
Once you've created a proxy route, you can direct Recast actions to it.
By default, new routes appear at the bottom of the table on the Routes page. To make actions run using a Recast Proxy route that is lower in the list, you must move that route above the Console Extension route in the table, as the first route to be successfully matched will be used.
To reorder routes, drag and drop them into the desired order. When you're done reordering the proxy route list, click Save to finalize the changes.
A Recast Proxy can be used to manage a number of tasks, such as allowing access to Right Click Tools web dashboards, scheduling Recast Builder actions and Kiosk Manager actions, and collecting warranty information with Endpoint Insights.
To set up a proxy to manage tasks:
- Authorize the proxy in the Recast Management Server (if necessary).
- Create a Recast Proxy route.
- Reorder the routes to match your priorities (if desired).
By default, new routes appear at the bottom of the table on the Routes page. If you only need your proxy to populate scopes, and you don't want to run any actions using that proxy, you can leave your proxy route at the bottom of the table. Changes to the route order are saved automatically.