Adding remote files

This tutorial covers the following topics:

  • Creating a new profile

  • Defining a remote host by using either password- or key authentication

  • Adding new sources (log files) from the remote host to the profile

Searching and tailing remote log files require configuring connections to hosts where those files are stored. Retrospective supports password based and SSH key based user authentication. Follow these instructions to add remote log files.

Step 1

Click on the Profiles icon to open the Profiles tab.

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Step 2

Select the desired profile and click the [Add File(s)] button.

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Step 3

Click on the green plus in the ”select host” section to add a new host.

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Step 4

You can now choose whether you want your host in a folder or not. If you want a folder, you can type in a name and click ok. If you do not want a folder, just leave the field empty and click on ok.

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Step 5

Provide connection details: IP address or hostname and port number on which the SSH service is running (default 22).

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Step 6

Select authentication method: Password or SSH key.

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Note: In order to use SSH key authentication, you will need a combination of private and public keys along with a keyphrase. Public key should be uploaded and stored on the remote host.

Step 7

Provide user authentication details: username and password for password authentication or username, private key and keyphrase in case of SSH key based authentication.

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Step 8

Click the [OK] button to add host definition.

Step 9

Click on the newly added host and browse its file system to find the desired log files.

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Step 10

Select the desired log files and click the [OK] button to add log files definition to the given profile.

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