Automating OS X and Microsoft Remote Desktop

This is to help automate MS RDP in Sierra (should work in other versions)

Make a function in you shell for remote desktop client, in my case .zshrc

rd() {
for i in "$@"
do
  echo "$i"
  command open  "rdp://full%20address=s:$i:3389&audiomode=i:0&disable%20themes=i:1&smart%20sizing:i:1" \
    </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
done
}

We pass two args in case they are in a cluster. If your cluster is > 2, modify accordingly. The URI format is defined here

Create an alias in your .zshrc (or other shell file) like so:

alias appnameprod=(rd server01 server02 &)

Be sure to use the fqdn of the server above for the next steps to work.

Get certs from your servers to put into the keychain

mkdir /tmp/certs ; for i in server02 server02;do openssl s_client -showcerts -connect $i:3389 </dev/null 2>/dev/null|openssl x509 -outform PEM >/tmp/certs/$i.pem;done\n

Import the certs into keychain

cd /tmp/certs/ ; for i in *; do sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k "$HOME/Library/Keychains/login.keychain" $i;done

Source your .zshrc and then type your alias appnameprod and if everything is ok, it will bring up your cluster.