SSH from the client to the server
Run the following command from a workstation with an SSH client, assuming that the private key
file is called id_rsa and resides in directory
$KEY_PATH
:ssh -i $KEY_PATH/id_rsa -p 8022 admin@zcx_hostname
This
was tested with OpenSSH_7.5p1 on Ubuntu Linux and OpenSSH_7.9p1 on Mac.SSH using PuTTY
If you are using the PuTTY tool to SSH to a remote host, follow these instructions (for Release
0.70 on 64-bit Windows):
- Convert your private key to the ppk format for use in PuTTY:
- Start PuTTYgen and in the Conversions menu, click Import key.
- Browse to your SSH private key, select it, then click Open.
- Enter the pass phrase if there is one.
- From the File menu, click Save private key to save the key in the ppk format.
- Configure an ssh session in PuTTY:
- In the PuTTY configuration window, type in your zCX IP address, ssh port, and a name for your PuTTY session.
- Click Connection then Data on the left navigation panel and set the Auto-login username to the administrator username.
- Click Connection, then SSH then Auth in the left navigation panel and browse to your generated private key file for authentication.
- Click Session then Save in the top left navigation panel. You are now ready to SSH into zCX. Click Open and proceed.