Our treatment of Tectia in previous chapters has focused on Unix implementations, but Tectia is fully supported on Microsoft Windows platforms. It's packaged as a suite of products, including:
A GUI application that initiates outgoing SSH connections, with a terminal emulator, supporting key-management functionality, port forwarding, and file transfers using SFTP, plus command-line programs for scripting
An authentication agent
Transparent, dynamic port forwarding for selected applications
A service to accept incoming SSH connections
At press time, the Tectia products can be installed on the versions of Windows listed in Table 16-1. Consult the latest documentation for a complete list of supported platforms.
Table 16-1. Supported Microsoft Windows platforms for SSH Tectia
Program | 95 | 98 | Me | NT | 2000 | XP | Server 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tectia Client | - | any | any | 4.0SP6 | SP2 | any | any |
Accession Lite | - | any | any | 4.0SP6 | SP2 | any | any |
Tectia Connector | - | - | - | 4.0SP6 | SP2 | SP1 | - |
Tectia Server | - | - | - | 4.0SP6 | SP2 | any | any |
Tectia products are shipped as Windows Installer Packages.[167] The easiest way to install is to use Windows Explorer to double-click on the included .msi files:
TectiaClient-version.msi
TectiaConnector-version.msi
TectiaServer-version.msi
These files can be found in the install/windows folder on your distribution media, or downloaded from the ssh.com web site, depending on how you purchased the products. The installers must be run by a user with administrative privileges. Installing the Connector package requires a reboot.
During interactive installation, you'll see a series of dialogs; use these to specify the install directory if the default location is not appropriate. By default, Tectia products are installed within the Program Files folder in a Tectia subfolder named SSH Communications Security.[168] Files for each product are collected in separate subfolders under the Tectia subfolder:
SSH Secure Shell
SSH Accession Lite
SSH Tectia Connector
SSH Secure Shell Server
We'll refer to these as the "installation folders." The installers also create entries in the Start/Programs menu, under the program groups:
SSH Tectia Client
SSH Tectia Connector
SSH Tectia Server
The installer for the Client package optionally creates desktop icons for the GUI client application:
SSH Tectia Client
SSH Tectia Client - File Transfer
The PATH environment variable
is updated to include the installation folder for the Client package, so
scripts can easily access command-line programs.
The Server installer generates host key files by running ssh-keygen2 in a command window: this can take several minutes to complete.[169] The server is added as a service that starts automatically whenever the system boots.
Tectia products can also be installed silently, using the msiexec command-line tool:
C:\> msiexec /q /i Tectia<Product>-<version>.msi INSTALLDIR="<path>"
If the INSTALLDIR argument is
omitted, the default locations are used. Silent installation is handy
for rolling out products to a large number of systems.
To remove Tectia products, use the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel, or the command:
C:\> msiexec /q /x Tectia<Product>-<version>.msi
The Tectia Server must be stopped before it is uninstalled.
[167] Accession Lite is included with the Client and Connector packages and is not available as a separate package.
[168] The Program Files folder can be determined by examining the
value of the PROGRAMFILES
environment variable. It is typically C:\Program Files.
[169] If you run Server installer in silent mode, the host key is not generated automatically. Use ssh-keygen2 to generate the host key manually.