Step 5: Initiate Ridgeline Server/Client Communication - Extreme Networks Ridgeline Guide Manual

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3 In the Name field, type SSH, and type and 22 for the Port number.
Click the TCP radio button, then click OK.
The Windows firewall is now configured to allow SSH connections.
Step 5: Initiate Ridgeline Server/Client
Communication
To establish an encrypted tunnel between the Ridgeline server and client, do the following:
1 Run the Putty application (
2 Enter your SSH username and password.
This creates an SSH session between the client and server.
Figure 269: Creating an SSH session for Ridgeline
3 Log on to Ridgeline using the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/
4 Click the Log on to Ridgeline link, enter your Ridgeline user name and password, click Log on.
PuTTY is now set up to port forward all traffic going to the local host on port 8080. When PuTTY sees a
connection request to the local host on port 8080, PuTTY encrypts the information and sends it across
the encrypted tunnel to the server.
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) and select the Ridgeline session.
putty.exe
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