Before opening a remote log file to monitor it, a remote host for the server containing the log file must be created.
To create a new remote host:
1. Click on Remote > Hosts Manager menu item, or
2. Use the shortcut
This will bring up the ‘Manage SSH Servers’ dialog that can be used to manage the remote servers
⌘ + ⇧ + M
Server Groups
Server groups provide a way to group related hosts together so it is easy to organize servers. By default, there is a single pre-defined group called ‘Default’ that contains any newly created remote servers. This group cannot be removed. Other groups created by you can be deleted once they are empty.
Note: Groups that contain at least one server cannot be deleted until all hosts have been re-assigned to another group.
Click on the Server Group icon to create a new group. The group name must be unique.
Creating a new remote host SSH configuration
Click on the ‘+’ icon to bring up the Server configuration sheet and specify the SSH connection details for the server
Note: The login path specifies the remote folder to start browsing from upon login - by default it is set to “/“. If set to an invalid remote path, then browsing will start from the root folder (/)
Server Authentication
The following authentication methods are supported:
1. Keyboard Interactive
When this method is selected, you will be prompted for the password when the SSH connection is made to the server, and the server requests the password. This is the default option.
2. Password
This method allows you to specify the password to use when the server connection is made. The password is saved and used in all connections made to the server pre-emptively. Note that not all SSH servers are configured to accept password pre-emptively for security reasons.
3. Public Key
This method allows you to select the public and private key files and optionally specify the password for the private key. For e.g. if using the default SSH configuration files, they would correspond to the ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub for the private and public keys.