Enable SSH Availability

ExtremeCloud‌ IQ provides a way to access devices remotely using the SSH protocol. Because best practices suggest that SSH access to internal devices be blocked from external access, ExtremeCloud‌ IQ uses an SSH proxy server to mediate the end-to-end connection between an external device that manages files on your client device.

Note

Enabling SSH Availability potentially gives others direct access to your devices during the time that SSH access is available. While active, SSH Availability exposes your device to the public Internet through an SSH proxy, protected only by the device administrator credentials, because SSH FTP assumes that it is run over a secure channel.

Use this task to enable SSH Availability.

Mouse over , and then select Global Settings.
From Administration menu, select VIQ Management.
Toggle the SSH Availability setting ON.

Navigate to Manage > Devices > host_name > Additional Device Settings > SSH, select the length of time during which you want to make SSH available, and then select Enable SSH. ExtremeCloud IQ then creates an SSH session for the specified length of time between the SSH proxy server and the external device.