Installing on VMware ESX

It is not recommended to install SSH Tectia software directly on the virtualization layer, but only on top of an actual operating system. However, it is possible to install SSH Tectia Client directly on the VMware ESX platform, and SSH Tectia functionality has been tested on a Service Console where SSH Tectia has been installed as a replacement of OpenSSH.

Note

VMware technical support does not cover SSH Tectia installations.

SSH Tectia technical support does not cover SSH Tectia installed directly on VMware.

	Note
	Keep in mind that SSH Tectia software needs to be re-installed after all VMware ESX upgrades.

If SSH Tectia Client is installed directly on VMware ESX, use the SSH Tectia installation package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3. There are separate RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) binary packages for Linux versions running on the 32-bit x86 and the 64-bit x86-64 platform architecture.

The downloaded online installation package contains the RPM installation files. On the installation CD-ROM, the installation packages for Linux are located in the /install/linux/ directory.

Two packages are required: one for the common components of SSH Tectia Client and Server, and one for the specific components of SSH Tectia Client.

To install SSH Tectia Client on VMware ESX, follow the instructions below:

Select the installation package according to your platform architecture:
When installing on VMware ESX running on the 32-bit x86 architecture, use the packages named:
```
ssh-tectia-common-<version>-linux-x86.rpm
ssh-tectia-client-<version>-linux-x86.rpm
```
When installing on VMware ESX running on the 64-bit x86-64 architecture, use the packages named:
```
ssh-tectia-common-<version>-linux-rhel3-x86_64.rpm
ssh-tectia-client-<version>-linux-rhel3-x86_64.rpm
```
In the commands, <version> indicates the product release version and the current build number (for example, 6.0.2.123).

Install the packages with root privileges. In the command examples below, we use the x84-64 version:

# rpm -Uvh ssh-tectia-common-<version>-linux-rhel3-x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh ssh-tectia-client-<version>-linux-rhel3-x86_64.rpm

Copy the license file to the /etc/ssh2/licenses directory. (This is not necessary in "third-digit" maintenance updates.) See also Licensing.