Pre-requisite:
1. Download the
PuTTYgen and PuTTY from the URL: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
2. Generate the SSH
Key Pair (Public Key & Private Key) using PuTTYgen by following the steps
mentioned at URL:
3. Save the Public Key
and Private Key. Public key needs to be on the server that you want to connect
to and Private key is to be used on the system that you are using to connect to
remote server.
Settings to be done in
Putty:
1. Sessions Settings
Host Name (or IP Address): builduser@build4.appcentral.com
Port: 22
Connection Type: SSH
2. Then goto
Connection >> SSH >> Tunnels
Add new forwarded port:
Source port: 3306
Destination: localhost:3306
Click on the "Local" radio button.
Click "Add"
3. Then goto
Connection >> SSH >> Auth
Browse the Private Key
in the field: Private Key file for Authentication
4. Go back to Session settings, type a name for Saved
session and click "Save". Then click "Open"
From Next
time just need to select the saved session and then click on Load then Open OR
simply double click on the session name to get connected.
Getting the Logs on
the server:
- Navigate to directory: /opt/ac/tomcat/logs/catalina.out
- Write a command : ‘tail –n 1000 catalina.out >> Logs’ – (This command will get you the last 1000 lines from Catalina.out and will copy into a file named Logs and save it to the current directory)
- Now use command cat <filename> to read the contents of the files. In this case it should be ‘cat Log’
Other commands
that can help :
- To move one folder back: cd ..
- To see the files and folders in a particular directory: ls OR ls –l
- To get inside a folder: cd <foldername>
- To remove the files/folders: rm <file/foldername>
Using WinSCP for
fetching the files from Remote (Linux server) server to your local system.
- Download and Install WinSCP using the URL: http://winscp.en.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch
- Provide the Host Name as Provided in Putty configuration and Upload the Private Key (the one used in Putty configuration)
- Then Connect.
