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I would never open those types of services to the Internet. Wrap it in a VPN first yeah?
I have this exact model machine as a web app server running Proxmox btw. Works great. I did need to get a genuine power supply for it as it refused to run above 800MHz with a generic!
Glad to hear it's working for your use case! I've seen lots of positive feedback about these Optiplex Micro's.
So I have a 3-node cluster of optiplex 5060 micros with i5-6800. I have AMT enabled on a different VLAN from the hypervisor I have running and it works great for remote management. One thing to keep in mind that for the KVM access to continue to work, I had to add an HDMI dummy plugs to keep the display working after reboots. All of the other functions associated with AMT worked after reboots.
For your other questions: ATM would only be accessible from the network you have it running on without any firewall rules/port forwarding/NAT
Yes reset it to factory. Turn ATM off and reset it.
Thanks for the tips - I can manage a dummy plug if required. Glad to hear AMT would be local-only unless I take additional steps.
What software do you use to access the AMT machines?
I use MeshCentral running on Debian on a small VM and then I access MeshCentral through the Web UI. If you have any Raspberry Pi's laying around that aren't being used, it would be a great candidate for that type of setup.
Thank ye much.
If it runs on a pi I can probably make a small VM for it without over angering the VMware HA capacity alarm.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HA | Home Assistant automation software |
| ~ | High Availability |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
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Disclaimer: I did not yet have access to an AMT setup, but answering based on common sense:
Like most KVM options, it is most likely LAN only. Unless you do some port forwarding on your router, it should not be possible to access it outside of your LAN.
Yes, always factory reset sensitive settings on a second hand machine first.