Wildnet With Desktop Assistant

Overview:

pCloudy Desktop Assistant (PDA):

This app was a much demanded one which enables users to access the most used features of pCloudy like Wildnet, Android tunnel and iOS connect at a single place.

Advantages

In case of multiple clouds,PDA provides the benefit to test these features on multiple clouds at a single place without the hassle of logging in to different clouds.
Using PDA, users can save time as they don't have to download different jars or .exe files for using these features.
PDA provides a facility to use Direct and Debug proxy.

Prerequisite

Download PDA from https://github.com/pankyopkey/pda-build-distribution/releases

Users should be registered on the pCloudy platform.

Please ensure that the below mentioned URLs/IPs are allowed in your network

https://wildnetserverservices.pcloudy.com
IP: 65.1.200.201
https://wildnetservices.pcloudy.com
IP: 3.6.161.28
https://wildnetservices.pcloudy.com

Enable the below mentioned ports for Wildnet feature

80 -- HTTP
443 -- HTTPS

How to install

For Mac:

Download PDA and move it to Applications.

Open PDA from Applications

For Linux:

Download PDA > Right click the app icon > Click on properties

Check the Execute box under Permissions

For Windows:

Download PDA, install and run the application

Steps-:

Step 1: Authentication

Enter the mandatory fields-:

Email address
Access Key
Cloud url

How to get the Access Key

To get the Access key - Login to pCloudy platform->Go to Profile and click on Settings->Copy the access key

Enter the Cloud URL
Example: https://device.pcloudy.com/

The ADB path will be detected automatically.
But if its not detected automatically, you will have to enter the ADB path
Example-: /Users/USERNAME/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb

If you do not have adb configuration, you can refer to this link to configure the same.

Note:

Users need to enter the ADB path to check the devices in the terminal for using the Android tunnel.

Using PDA, users can use Debug proxy and Direct proxy.

These are option fields and present under Advance tab

In Advance tab

Debug Proxy is a Network traffic monitor that helps you to debug your network applications i.e. it lets you check if your REST API is working correctly, do latency check etc.

e.g--Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

E.g-:https://127.0.0.1:8888

Steps to use Debug Proxy

Enter Debug proxy

E.g-:https://127.0.0.1:8888

For Charles proxy -> Open Charles Proxy

Hover over the settings icon and choose Proxy Settings

On the Proxies tab in the Proxy Settings Dialog box, you will find the Port number under the HTTP Proxy section.

Please make a note of the proxy port listed.

Direct Proxy

In Direct Proxy: The browser/client is "proxy aware" and will actively send traffic to the Web Gateway. The client will try and directly communicate with its destination.

After entering the fields click on the arrow mark as shown in below screenshot

After successful authentication, user will see Wildnet

Note: Users can use one or more than one feature as per their need at a time.

Wildnet

Steps to use wildnet

Click on Wildnet tab

Click on Activate button

Once feature is activated, Go to the Device page in pCloudy platform, connect the device and click on Enable Wildnet as shown in below screenshot

Open any local URL that needs to be tested and you can perform the local testing on the pCloudy platform seamlessly.

Note:

Users can use wildnet feature on other clouds as well, if the user is registered with the same email address on other clouds.