Installing and using SSH with Tarantella

Problem	You want to provide secure connections between your Tarantella servers and your UNIX application servers.
Solution	Download and install SSH in one of the directories recognized by Tarantella, configuring SSH to support X applications if necessary, and then restart your Tarantella server.
Alternatives	If you already have SSH installed, see Tarantella and SSH for more information.

Case study

Indigo Insurance has a number of Tarantella servers and UNIX application servers, and wants secure connections between them.

Download SSH from the OpenSSH Home Page. Tarantella works with SSH version 2.x or later.
Install SSH on every UNIX application server you want to provide secure access to, and on every Tarantella host.
Note Because of SSH version compatibility problems, we recommend that you use the same major version of SSH (either version 2 or version 3) on all Tarantella hosts and application servers for them to communicate securely.
To support X applications through OpenSSH, enable X11 forwarding in the OpenSSH configuration file. On each Tarantella host, edit the ssh_config file and include the following:
```
X11Forwarding yes
```
Restart your Tarantella servers using tarantella restart.

Configure your applications to use the SSH protocol. Using Object Manager, set the Connection Method attribute to SSH for each character or X application object that requires a secure connection.

Related topics
Improving security between Tarantella servers and application servers Tarantella and SSH Connection Method (--method)