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Installing an SSH and SCP server on Windows

TrueSight Network Automation installs TFTP as the default file transfer protocol for devices. Secure Copy (SCP) can also be used to transfer configuration files and OS images between Network Automation and devices. See the Device Adapter Capabilities report attached on Supported devices for a complete list of vendors supported by the product for SCP file transfers. 

Follow this procedure for installing or configuring an SSH server on various platforms for Network Automation. Unlike the TFTP server, the SSH server is not installed during the Network Automation installation process outlined in the previous sections.

Microsoft Windows does not include an SSH server by default.

This topic describes how to configure the device agent for the SCP file transfer to work. For communication between device agents and the application server, see Device-agent-architecture.

After you install an SSH server, configure the device agent as follows:

  1. Open the Device Agents page by navigating to Admin > Device Agent.
  2. Click Add in the menu to create a new device agent, or select the Edit action to modify an existing device agent. 

  3. Enter or edit information in the SCP fields to define the file transfer information for the device agent (see step 4 on Add or edit a device agent).

    Important

    Ensure that SCP Transfer Account Home Directory is set to the SSH home directory of the user that is configured to receive SSH requests in the Device Agent configuration. For example. if the user is bcan, the value is: C:\Program Files\ICW\home\bcan.

 

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