IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Version 7.1.1.6

TCP tunnels

The following information details the TCP Tunnel references.

Remotetarget

Name
Remotetarget — Host name or IP address of remote TCP target
Synopsis
RemoteHost "target"
Location in the OS configuration
  • web interface: Predefined channels/TCP tunnels
  • rembo.conf: After global parameters
Description
RemoteHost is a string representing the TCP remote targetto contact when a target opens this TCP tunnel. You can either specify a host name or an IP address for this parameter. Note that you need to use double quotation marks(" ) around the host name or IP address if you are using rembo.conf.
Examples
    TCPTunnel finger {
        RemoteHost "finger.company.com"
        RemotePort 79
    }

    TCPTunnel ODBC {
        RemoteHost "127.0.0.1"
        RemotePort 2020
    }

RemotePort

Name
RemotePort — Numeric TCP port of remote connection
Synopsis
RemotePort port
Location in the OS configuration
  • web interface: Predefined channels/TCP tunnels
  • rembo.conf: After global parameters
Description
RemotePort is a number representing the TCP port to connect to when a target opens this TCP tunnel. You can get the complete list of valid port numbers in the file /etc/services on any UNIX computer, or in the file /system32/drivers/etc/services on a Windows computer.
Examples
    TCPTunnel finger {
        RemoteHost "finger.company.com"
        RemotePort 79
    }

    TCPTunnel ODBC {
        RemoteHost "127.0.0.1"
        RemotePort 2020
    }
Parent topic: Parameter reference
Related tasks:
Creating a sendmail TCP tunnel
Related reference:
TCP tunnels


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