This guide gives quick instructions on getting started with SSH Tectia Client and Server. There are two alternative client/server products for different platform architectures: SSH Tectia Client/Server for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows platforms, and SSH Tectia Server for Linux on IBM System z platforms.

In this guide, we handle SSH Tectia Server that can be installed on Linux x86 and x86-64 platforms, and SSH Tectia Server for Linux on IBM System z (s390) platforms.

The instructions are intended for a system where SSH Tectia Client is used to connect to SSH Tectia Server, and both are running on the Linux or Linux on IBM System z operating system. SSH Tectia Server for Linux on IBM System z includes also the client-side tools, which are provided as a separate product, SSH Tectia Client, for the other supported platform architectures. In this document, we use the name SSH Tectia Client to refer also to the client-tools on Linux on IBM System z.

The purpose of this quick guide is to help you in getting the SSH Tectia client/server solution up and running with the default settings so that you can evaluate the product.

The target audience to this guide are system administrators and other professionals who need to evaluate SSH Tectia products. To be able to use the information presented in this document, you should have system-administrator-level knowledge on Linux/Unix concepts and know what SSH Tectia Client and Server are meant for.

SSH Tectia product family includes also SSH Tectia ConnectSecure that is capable of providing more advanced file transfer and application connectivity services in addition to the basic Secure Shell client services provided by SSH Tectia Client. Note that this guide concentrates on SSH Tectia Client as it is an entry-level product.