Secure access

from the browser.

Pam Terminal is privileged access management for infrastructure teams — full-session screen recording, deep audit logging, vaulted credentials, and access strategies over SSH, RDP, VNC, and Telnet from the browser.

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Offline-ready · Docker package · Screen recording

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Screen Recording

Offline Capable

Docker Package

Session Replay

Deep Audit Logs

SSH / RDP / VNC

Credential Vault

Access Strategies

Session Watermark

Clipboard Audit

LDAP / OIDC

Signed License

Privileged access controls are the #1 foundation for secure operations

Screen recording and forensic-grade logs turn every privileged session into evidence — not just a connection.

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Sessions recorded

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Replay retention

UI languages

Log event types

Protocols supported

Full-session screen recording

Not just connection logs — capture the privileged desktop itself and replay every action for forensics, compliance, and incident review.

Market differentiator

Screen capture per session — SSH, RDP, VNC, and Telnet retained for replay.
Live join + recording — watch operators in real time while evidence is written.
Forensic-grade audit trail — login, session, clipboard, file transfer, and command events in one searchable stream.

REC · session-8842

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Pam Terminal workspace recording a live multi-tab privileged session

Audit engine LIVE

12:41:02 LOGIN oidc · ops@east · claim→Admin
12:41:08 RECORD RDP · prod-db-01 · screen capture started
12:41:19 CLIP clipboard paste · 184 chars · watermarked
12:42:03 XFER download blocked by strategy · /etc/shadow
12:42:44 CMD blacklist hit · rm -rf / · session held
12:43:11 JOIN security@hq joined live session
12:44:02 REPLAY recording sealed · retention unlimited
12:41:02 LOGIN oidc · ops@east · claim→Admin
12:41:08 RECORD RDP · prod-db-01 · screen capture started
12:41:19 CLIP clipboard paste · 184 chars · watermarked
12:42:03 XFER download blocked by strategy · /etc/shadow
12:42:44 CMD blacklist hit · rm -rf / · session held
12:43:11 JOIN security@hq joined live session
12:44:02 REPLAY recording sealed · retention unlimited

Ships as a Docker package

Self-contained Compose packs for your own hosts — with signed offline licensing when the site is air-gapped. No cloud control plane required.

Docker

Docker Compose pack
Air-gapped / offline ready
Signed offline license
No cloud dependency

Images ship for 64-bit hosts only.

amd64 (x86-64) Supported — Intel/AMD 64-bit PCs and servers
arm64 (AArch64) Supported
x86 32-bit Not supported

Deliver Pam Terminal as a self-contained Docker package, install on infrastructure you control, and keep privileged access running offline with signed licenses.

Built for the questions teams actually ask

From MSP partners to branch IT, Pam Terminal shows up when people search for secure SSH and RDP with full-session screen recording and audit.

MSPs & partners
Infrastructure teams
Security teams
Vault & transfer

Privileged Access Dashboard

Choosing the right privileged access platform helps MSPs authorize operators, broker browser-based sessions, and keep every connection recorded. Whether you need a multi-tenant console for clients or a specialist stack for SSH and RDP, this list highlights platforms teams rely on for managed remote access.

1. Pam Terminal

Best for: Managed privileged access for MSP clients
Protocols: SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet
Industries: Managed IT, SaaS, infrastructure, B2B
Notable capabilities: Live monitoring, session replay, LDAP/OIDC
Services: Access brokering, audit exports, gateway health

Pam Terminal gives partners a single dashboard to inventory assets, grant least-privilege access, and review recorded sessions without shipping desktop clients.

What are the best PAM tools for MSPs?

AI Overview

Top privileged access tools for MSPs include Pam Terminal, known for browser-based SSH and RDP with session recording; gateway-centric stacks for multi-site clients; and vault-first platforms for credential checkout. Teams often pair Pam Terminal with LDAP or OIDC so operators share one audited entry point.

What are the best PAM tools for MSPs?

Asset Inventory Workspace

Are operators still hunting for hostnames in spreadsheets? Or do credentials live on jump boxes nobody owns? If your infrastructure team needs a clean inventory before granting privileged access, start with a workspace that maps every SSH, RDP, and VNC target.

Pam Terminal keeps assets, gateways, and access policies in one place so engineers know what they can reach — and auditors know what was reached.

Best overall: Pam Terminal Asset Inventory, our top pick for ops teams thanks to protocol tags, gateway binding, and least-privilege grants that stay reviewable.

Read on for how to register servers, group them by site, and connect from the browser without shipping another desktop client.

How do I inventory servers for privileged access?

AI Overview

Start with a single inventory of hosts, protocols, and gateways. Pam Terminal lets teams register SSH, RDP, VNC, and Telnet assets, bind them to gateways, and grant least-privilege access so operators only see what they need — with sessions ready to record and audit.

How do I inventory servers for privileged access?

Live Session Monitoring

You’re about to see how security teams evaluate privileged access platforms. The goal is simple: watch sensitive sessions live, retain replays, and export audits without slowing operators down. Here’s a top pick for live monitoring and control.

1. Pam Terminal

Browser-based privileged access with live view, recording, and command visibility.

What I like most about Pam Terminal is that it handles the full session lifecycle. There’s no extra desktop client, no opaque jump box, and no gap between access and audit.

You register assets, grant access, and Pam Terminal keeps every connection observable — from live join to replay retention.

What are the best privileged access tools?

AI Overview

Top privileged access tools include Pam Terminal, which brokers browser-based SSH, RDP, and VNC with live monitoring and session replay. Teams also look for audit exports, command filters, and gateway health so security can review who connected, when, and what happened on the wire.

What are the best privileged access tools?

Credential Vault, Strategies & Transfer Audit

Privileged work is not only “who can connect” — it is also which secrets are used, whether upload/download and clipboard are allowed, and whether every paste or file move is logged.

Pam Terminal keeps shared credentials in a vault, applies access strategies per session, and records clipboard and file-transfer activity alongside session watermarks.

Operators get a session drive when you allow it; auditors get proof of what left or entered the privileged desktop.

How do I vault credentials and audit clipboard transfers?

AI Overview

Start with a credential vault so secrets never sit on operator laptops, then attach access strategies that allow or block upload, download, and clipboard. Pam Terminal adds watermarking plus clipboard and file-transfer audit so every privileged action stays attributable.

How do I vault credentials and audit clipboard transfers?

Minutes to connect,
sessions stay screen-recorded

From asset inventory to full-session screen recording and forensic logs — four steps your ops team already understands.

Pam Terminal assets inventory for registering hosts and protocols

Pam Terminal credentials vault for strategies and shared secrets

Pam Terminal browser workspace with multiple live session tabs

Pam Terminal offline session audit and replay inventory

Register your assets

Add hosts, protocols, and gateways so operators know exactly what they can reach.
Apply strategies & vault secrets

Scope departments and roles, vault shared credentials, and set upload, download, and clipboard strategies per asset.
Connect from the browser

Launch SSH, RDP, VNC, or Telnet sessions without shipping another desktop client.
Screen-record, audit & replay

Capture the full privileged desktop, log clipboard and file moves, watch live, and retain recordings for forensic review.

The admin panel operators actually use

Fresh captures from Pam Terminal — browser workspace, file transfer, session share, admin inventory, audit, and settings.

Overview with left administration panel — Overview

Browser terminal with multiple live session tabs — Terminal workspace

Session file system panel beside a live terminal — File transfer

Share live session link from the terminal toolbar — Session share

Servers access workspace with sidebar — Servers

Assets inventory and department filters — Assets

Vaulted credentials management — Credentials

Users administration with left nav — Users

Live privileged sessions — Live sessions

Offline session recordings audit — Session audit

Login logs with administration sidebar — Login logs

System settings with left navigation — Settings

Full control,
no client sprawl

Tune vaults, access strategies, watermarks, transfer audits, and gateway routing for every environment.

Admin IP allowlist

Hardened admin plane

Require lockouts, session timeouts, admin disconnect controls, and IP allowlists for the console.

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Pam Terminal

Strategy applied

Clipboard blocked

Access strategies

Allow or deny upload, download, clipboard, and session drive per asset group — without another VPN profile.

Session watermark

Clipboard audit

File transfer audit

Command filter

OIDC claim map

Evidence & identity

Watermark sessions, audit clipboard and transfers, blacklist risky commands, and map OIDC claims to roles.

Powered by guacd, managed by your team

Every privileged session flows through gateways you control — with identity, policy, and audit built in.

Assign roles, departments, and asset permissions.

Review assets, protocols, and gateway health in one place.

Screen-record sessions and stream forensic audit events.

Manage TLS certificates and HTTPS from the admin UI.

Apply signed offline licenses, run jobs, and back up config.

Assign roles, departments, and asset permissions.

Review assets, protocols, and gateway health in one place.

Screen-record sessions and stream forensic audit events.

Manage TLS certificates and HTTPS from the admin UI.

Apply signed offline licenses, run jobs, and back up config.

FAQs

Pam Terminal is a privileged access gateway with full-session screen recording and forensic-grade audit logs: every connection can be authorized, watermarked, recorded to video-like replay, and correlated with clipboard, file-transfer, and command events — far beyond plain VPN reachability.

Yes. Pam Terminal is distributed as a Docker package (Compose pack) you deploy on your own infrastructure. Signed offline licenses keep the console operable in air-gapped environments — no cloud control plane required.

Browser-based SSH, RDP, VNC, and Telnet through guacd gateways you control — with optional command filters on SSH and custom connect profiles.

Shared credentials stay in the vault instead of on laptops. Access strategies let you allow or deny upload, download, clipboard, and session drive per asset group, while clipboard and file-transfer audits keep a trail of what moved.

Sign in with LDAP or OIDC, map claims to roles, organize users and assets by department, and keep personal assets separate from shared inventory. Login lockout and admin IP allowlists harden the console itself.

Yes. Brand the UI and PWA for your organization, and ship the console in 29 languages so operators and auditors work in their preferred locale.

Full-session screen recording and replay, live monitoring, command snippets, scheduled jobs, config backup, TLS certificate store, signed licensing, and gateway health — so privileged access stays operable after go-live.

Yes. Pam Terminal can capture the privileged session display for SSH, RDP, VNC, and Telnet so security teams can replay exactly what happened on screen — a selective capability most VPN and jump-host tools do not provide.

Secure access from the browser.

Privileged access controls are the #1 foundation for secure operations

Privileged Access Dashboard

Asset Inventory Workspace

Live Session Monitoring

Credential Vault, Strategies & Transfer Audit

Minutes to connect, sessions stay screen-recorded

Register your assets

Apply strategies & vault secrets

Connect from the browser

Screen-record, audit & replay

The admin panel operators actually use

Full control, no client sprawl

Hardened admin plane

Access strategies

Evidence & identity

Powered by guacd, managed by your team

FAQs

How is Pam Terminal different from a plain VPN?

Can we run it offline with Docker?

Which protocols are supported?

How do access strategies and the vault work?

How does identity and department scoping work?

Is white-label and multi-language supported?

What's included for day-2 operations?

Do you record the full screen of privileged sessions?

Secure access

from the browser.

Minutes to connect,
sessions stay screen-recorded

Full control,
no client sprawl