This guide gives quick instructions for getting started with Tectia Client and Server. There are alternative client/server products for different platform architectures:

In this guide, we handle Tectia Client and Server that can be installed on Linux x86 and x86-64 platforms.

The instructions are intended for a system where Tectia Client is used to connect to Tectia Server, and both are running on the Linux operating system.

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

The target audience of this guide are system administrators and other professionals who need to evaluate 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 Tectia Client and Server are meant for.

The Tectia product family also includes 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 Tectia Client. Note that this guide concentrates on Tectia Client as it is an entry-level product.