Embedded webpage via NX Cloud
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With the new version 4.1 you can adjust camera settings via the embedded browser in the camera settings.
This also works if you are outside of the LAN. It would be great if you could activate this for the webpages you can add in the desktop client. This way clients/integrators could have access to other devices on the network (I/O modules, server webpages ...)
Maybe they could add a setting if the specific webpage should be available via the cloud connection or not.
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Austin Smith
johan schorreel
Jasper Leenknegt Jasper
Jason Lee
guys, since this request is asked a lot after releasing a camera webpage and it gets upvoted, we decided to prioritize this feature and it has chances to be released in 4.2
As we see it, it can be a checkbox like "Proxy this webpage via Nx Witness server"
(please, be aware that this is only an early mockup, things may change or not be implemented at all)
We also need to decide how we will determine a server that should work as a proxy when there are several servers. Probably, as first thought, the page will need to be placed under the server in the tree to specify which server to use.
Or in the first version we will always use the server that we are connected to (but it is not obvious)
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johan schorreel
no, unfortunately, we can't support all devices with webpages in the network and show them in the tree. That would mean we need to discover and manage them somehow, which is not possible right now. There is a lot of special software that can manage different devices and control them. Implementing such a thing would mean implementing that kind of software from scratch. It will take years, I suppose. Or we won't be able to support all types and vendors.
It will be easier for us to implement it via current webpages functionality, where we open an in-client browser that is proxied via Nx Cloud.
Maybe in some future, we will start adding devices like switches and so on in the tree, but for sure, we don't have these plans for the nearest future. -
Jasper
Good idea! We will think about it, but most likely 4.2 won't have it
In general, we think permissions should be managed via devices access control (meaning, that not everyone knows those credentials). We won't allow saving credentials or sharing them with other users. We think it will be enough at least for the first version.
Anyway, if we are working inside the network all users can open a browser and enter an IP address and get to the login webpage. Adding permissions for the proxying won't increase the overall security level significantly
but if it will be requested frequently -- we will consider adding it in the future
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johan schorreel
we are planning to use the same mechanism as we use for proxying camera webpages. So when you are connected remotely via cloud you will be able to connect via in-client browser to different devices, that are accessible from the server (so the server will act as a proxy). -
johan schorreel
Jasper Leenknegt
Jason LeeLet me share with you our latest designs on this feature. During feature analysis we've decided to simplify everything to this: any webpage can be drag-n-dropped under the server, and after that, it becomes a proxied web resource which will work like a camera web page works (proxied via server):
Chances are this will be included in 4.2.
We are considering adding an option (separate tab) in Add Device... dialogue also, so this possibility will be clear for all our users, but this part can be released later than 4.2 -
Just a small update that we changed our release naming a bit. 4.2 is going to be an in-between release with some fixes and minor improvements. The release that I was referring to in this thread (4.2) was renamed to 4.3. It shouldn't affect the release timeline, though. So we are expecting 4.3 to be released next year.
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Stein Jakobsen
Thanks!
We'll let you know when beta is available -
Stein Jakobsen
thnx for the interest in this topic
Your user story will be possible.We've reached QA with this feature. There are some issues we are fixing, but there are good chances that the feature will be released. But not in 4.2. As I said earlier -- 4.2 will be a small release. It will be 4.3, the timeline is not clear, though. I hope this year, but it's not a solid ETA
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Awesome cant wait and where is the like button on this page !!!! I want to smash a few times :)
while you are at it can it go next level and be made available in mobile too?
I guess the challenge is to pass to the remote device / service what device it is being proxied to. Many systems now are like Inner Range's Inception Controller, Cockpit (Server management interface for linux) to name a few.
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Hi Jason Simpkin,
You smashed hard enough.
In the upcoming release (5.0) this feature will be availble.
In the recently released 5.0 Beta version, you can test this feature and comment about it in our Beta Feedback section.
Regarding Mobile. That's another request and I would suggest creating a new topic for it to bring it to the attention of our product team and other community members.
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Hi,
First of all great that the feature was implemented as requested by some users!
I wonder if it's possible to access the web pages via a normal web browser as well?
To clarify, if you go to https://{systemId}.relay.vmsproxy.com you can visit the main webpage for the NX Witness server. Is it possible to visit the embedded webpages via this method as well?
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Hi Jasper,
I'm sorry to inform you that the feature you were hoping for is not available.
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Hi Norman,
Thanks for your feedback!
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