Configuring SSH Tectia Client/Server Solution

SSH Tectia Manager provides centralized management for the SSH Tectia products. It enables creating configuration sets for SSH Tectia Server, Client, and Connector, saving configuration sets centrally on the Management Server, and sharing them within host groups.

When using SSH Tectia without SSH Tectia Manager, Unix configurations are made with a text editor (emacs, vi) or an XML editor. Windows versions have a graphical user interface.

Both Windows and Unix versions have the same configuration file format in local configurations.

Table 4.1. Configuration Files

Component	System-wide	User-defined
Unix server	`ssh-server-config.xml`
Windows server	`ssh-server-config.xml`
Unix client	`/etc/ssh2/ssh-broker-config.xml`	`~/.ssh2/ssh-broker-config.xml`
Windows client	`ssh-broker-config.xml` (installation directory)	`global.dat`, `ssh-broker-config.xml` (user-specific directory)
Connector	`ssh-broker-config.xml`

Figure 4.5 shows the directory structure when SSH Tectia Client, SSH Tectia Server, and SSH Tectia Connector have been installed on the same machine.

Figure 4.5. The SSH Tectia directory structure on Windows

The Windows version of SSH Tectia Server also has a graphical user interface. See Figure 4.6.

Figure 4.6. SSH Tectia Server Configuration dialog

The SSH Tectia Client configuration is defined in the Settings dialog. See Figure 4.7.

Figure 4.7. SSH Tectia Client Settings dialog

SSH Tectia Connector is configured in the SSH Tectia Configuration GUI. See Figure 4.8.

Figure 4.8. Defining Connector filter rules in SSH Tectia Configuration GUI