#Ssh proxy setup how to#
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The CIDR rule is required because this will enable the SSH tunnel execution from that location to the Rescale proxy.

#Ssh proxy setup how to#

Info on how to find your public ip above. This is the public IP of your on-premise network to allow SSH access. Add an allowed IP in the “Allowed IP (or CIDR range) field Rule .For e.g if you are using 443 as the SSH port, you can select Specify an additional SSH port option and add 443 as shown below: You can also specify an additional SSH port if in case if using a customized SSH port than the default SSH port (22) using the Specify an additional SSH port option in the bottom right corner below the SSH key field in the SSH keys section.If you are unsure on how to do this, please check out this page on SSH Keys How to Generate SSH Key pair.

#Ssh proxy setup license#

Paste the license server’s public SSH key in the SSH Settings section.Select SSH Tunnel as the “License Proxy Mode”.Give a Unique Name for the license proxy.The page will look similar to the screenshot below:.Navigate to Integrations > License Proxies.Navigate to the Rescale Administrator page from your accounts to start the setup of license proxy.The license proxy setup on the Company Administration Page can be accessed at license proxy page. This section lists the steps to set up a license proxy on the Rescale admin page. The linked article also has information on how to confirm your vendor port is set by checking license log files. If you don’t see a number there, make sure you fix your vendor ports before continuing.

Vendor ports can be obtained from the license file as the number at the end of the VENDOR (FLEXlm) or ISV (RLM) line.

License ports can be found in the same line as above – they’re the number at the end of the SERVER (FLEXlm)/ HOST (RLM) line.

#Ssh proxy setup software#

List of software for which you have licenses, and associated license and vendor ports.The hostname can be obtained by running hostname on your license server. The hostname for the on-premise license server.On Windows, run nslookup from a terminal and use the non-authoritative answer.On Mac/Linux you can run curl from a terminal to get your public IP.This is ideally the public IP of your gateway/router/network device. The public IP address of your internal network.ANSYS, STAR-CCM+, Converge, Comsol, etc.), see How to Fix Vendor Port. For how to fix license port in FlexLM and RLM (e.g. The vendor port in the license file must be fixed.The license file must be a floating license, not node-locked.For Windows: Must have the open source SSH bundle containing Plink, PuTTY, PuTTYgen and Pageant downloaded.To generate one, follow the instructions at How to Generate SSH Key pair. Have an SSH keypair (public + private) generated and saved on the license server machine or the computer from which the SSH tunnel needs to be initiated to complete the license proxy setup.Alternatively, if a customized SSH port other than the default is used, the user must know which port that is and have outbound SSH access on that port.

To become a company admin, email server computer and permissions: the computer that will run the SSH tunnel (usually the license server) must: The user’s Rescale account should be a company administrator for the company’s Rescale account.The user should have an account on Rescale.The user should have admin rights on the on-premise license server.The user should be able to make changes on the gateway device, including firewall rules.The user should be an IT/network admin.Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity.