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Disabling the QUIC UDP transport protocol

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Disabling the QUIC UDP transport protocol - Amazon DCV

By default, since version 2024.0, Amazon DCV supports both the WebSocket protocol, which is based on TCP, and the QUIC protocol, which is based on UDP for data transport.

The QUIC transport protocol is based on UDP. If your network experiences high latency and packet loss, using QUIC might improve performance. With QUIC, the server continues to use WebSocket for authentication traffic.

Note

You can use QUIC only if UDP traffic is permitted by your network and security configuration.

With QUIC enabled, clients can use the QUIC protocol for transporting data when connecting to a Amazon DCV server session. If clients don't use the QUIC protocol when they connect, they use WebSocket. For more information about the QUIC protocol, see Connecting to a Amazon DCV Session in the Amazon DCV User Guide.

Windows Amazon DCV server
To disable the use of QUIC (UDP) for data transport in Amazon DCV
  1. Open the Windows Registry Editor and navigate to the HKEY_USERS/S-1-5-18/Software/GSettings/com/nicesoftware/dcv/connectivity/ key.

  2. Open the enable-quic-frontend parameter. For Value data, enter 0.

    Note

    If you can't find the parameter, create a new DWORD (32-bit) parameter and name it enable-quic-frontend.

  3. Close the Windows Registry Editor.

  4. Stop and restart the Amazon DCV server.

Linux Amazon DCV server
To disable the use of QUIC (UDP) for data transport in Amazon DCV
  1. Open /etc/dcv/dcv.conf with your preferred text editor.

  2. In the [connectivity] section, do the following:

    • For enable-quic-frontend, specify false.

    [connectivity] enable-quic-frontend=false
  3. Save and close the file.

  4. Stop and restart the Amazon DCV server.

To disable the use of QUIC (UDP) for data transport in Amazon DCV
  1. Open the Windows Registry Editor and navigate to the HKEY_USERS/S-1-5-18/Software/GSettings/com/nicesoftware/dcv/connectivity/ key.

  2. Open the enable-quic-frontend parameter. For Value data, enter 0.

    Note

    If you can't find the parameter, create a new DWORD (32-bit) parameter and name it enable-quic-frontend.

  3. Close the Windows Registry Editor.

  4. Stop and restart the Amazon DCV server.

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