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Youarehere:SierraAdministration>AdminCorner>SettingUpaPuTTYSSHConnectionSettingUpaPuTTYSSHConnectionYoucansetupanSSHconnectiontoSierraAdminCornerusingtheSSHclientofyourchoice.
BelowareinstructionsforsettingupaPuTTYSSHconnectionforthefirsttimeonaMicrosoftWindowsPCusingthefreePuTTYSSHclient.
NotethatyoucanalsocreateanewSSHprivatekeyfileatanytime.
TheprocessofsettingupaPuTTYconnectionconsistsofthefollowingsteps:1.
DownloadingthePuTTYSoftwareTools2.
DownloadinganSSHPrivateKeyFile3.
ConvertingtheDownloadedSierraPrivateKeyFiletothePuTTYPrivateKeyFileFormat4.
SettingupaPuTTYSavedSessionforSierraAdminCorner5.
AccessingAdminCornerwithaPuTTYSavedSessionDownloadingthePuTTYSoftwareToolsYoucandownloadthePuTTYsoftwaretoolsfromthePuTTYwebsitein32-bitor64-bitWindowsversions.
ThePuTTYprogramsaresmall,self-containedexecutablefilesthatdonotneedtobepermanentlyinstalledbyWindowsorsavedinaspecificWindowsdirectory.
TosetupaPuTTYSSHconnectiontoAdminCorner,youmustdownloadthefollowing:ThePuTTYSSHclientprogram(putty.
exe)ThePuTTYgenutility(puttygen.
exe),whichisusedforconvertingtheSierraprivatekeyfileintoPuTTY'sownprivatekeyfileformatDownloadinganSSHPrivateKeyFileYoucandownloadaprivatekeyfileforSSHkeyauthenticationfromtheSierraAdministrationApplication.
Todownloadtheprivatekeyfile,dothefollowing:1.
IntheSierraAdministrativeApplication,selectBackEndManagement|SystemFiles.
2.
ClickAdminCornerontheSystemFilespage.
3.
ClickDownloadPrivateKeyFileandsavethekeyfiletoyourlocalPC.
ConvertingtheDownloadedSierraPrivateKeyFiletothePuTTYPrivateKeyFileFormatPuTTYstoresSSHprivatekeyfilesinthe.
ppkfileformat.
ToconverttheOpenSSHprivatekeyfileprovidedbytheSierraAdministrativeApplicationintoa.
ppkfile,dothefollowing:1.
StartthePuTTYgenkeygenerationutility.
2.
ClicktheLoadbuttontoloadanexistingprivatekeyfile.
3.
IntheLoadPrivateKeydialogboxthatopens,locatethedrop-downselectorinthelower-rightcornerthatprovidesfilesearchoptions.
Changetheselectionto"AllFiles(*)",andnavigatetothedirectorycontainingtheprivatekeyfiledownloadedintheprevioussection.
ClickOpen.
4.
ClickOKwhenpromptedwiththemessage"Successfullyimportedforeignkey.
.
.
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TousethiskeywithPuTTY,youneedtousethe'Saveprivatekey'command.
"5.
Confirmthat"RSA"isselected.
YoucanfindthisoptiononPuTTYgen'smainwindowatthebottomintheParameters:Typeofkeytogeneratesection.
FortheNumberofbitsinageneratedkeyvalue,usethedefaultof"2048".
6.
ClickSaveprivatekey.
7.
ClickYeswhenPuTTYgendisplaysawarningwindowwiththequestion"Areyousureyouwanttosavethiskeywithoutapassphrasetoprotectit".
8.
FromtheSaveprivatekeyasdialogbox,selectthenameofthePuTTYprivatekeyfile,thefilestoragelocation,andthefiletype.
Usethefiletype"PuTTYPrivateKeyFiles(*.
ppk)"whensavingthePuTTYprivatekey.
9.
ClosePuTTYgen.
SettingupaPuTTYSavedSessionforSierraAdminCorner2018InnovativeInterfaces,Inc.
YoucansaveforfutureuseyourAdminCornerPuTTYconfigurationsettings.
Tosaveyourconfiguration,dothefollowing:1.
StartthePuTTYclientprogram.
2.
ConfigurethesettingsontheSessionpanel.
a.
ClicktheSessionoptionintheCategorypaneontheleft-handsideofthescreen.
b.
IntheHostName(orIPaddress)field,typeyourSierraappserverhostnameorIPaddress.
c.
InthePortfield,type"22".
d.
IntheConnectiontypesection,select"SSH".
3.
ConfigurethesettingsontheDatapanel.
a.
ClicktheConnection|DataoptionintheCategorypaneontheleft-handsideofthescreen.
b.
IntheAuto-loginusernamefield,type"sadmin"withnoquotationmarks.
4.
ConfigurethesettingsontheAuthpanel.
a.
ClicktheConnection|SSH|AuthoptionintheCategorypaneontheleft-handsideofthescreen.
b.
ClicktheBrowsebuttonunderthetext"PrivateKeyfileforauthentication".
c.
NavigatetothedirectorywhereyousavedthePuTTY-generatedprivatekeyfile(*.
ppk).
SelectthefileandclickOpen.
5.
SaveyoursessionconfigurationforSierraAdminCornerontheSessionpanel.
a.
ClicktheSessionoptionintheCategorypaneontheleft-handsideofthescreen.
b.
IntheblankfieldunderthetextSavedSessions,enteranameforyourSierraAdminCornersession.
c.
ClickSave.
AccessingAdminCornerwithPuTTYSavedSessionToaccessSierraAdminCornerwithyoursavedPuTTYsession,dothefollowing:1.
StartthePuTTYSSHclient.
2.
ClicktohighlightthesavedSierraAdminCornersessionname.
3.
ClickOpen.
PuTTYopensanSSHemulatorwindowwithaSierraloginprompt.
4.
EnterastandardSierrauserandpasswordtoaccessAdminCorner.
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