Difference between revisions of "Copying appliance files How to Guide"

Latest revision as of 12:52, 11 May 2017

Overview

This outlines the methods that can be used to copy files to and from PINsafe appliances.

• webmin
• scp
• WinSCP and other copy utilities
• USB
• CDROM/DVDROM
• FTP Server

Webmin

Login to the Webmin console via the following URL:

• https://ApplianceIP:10000/

The Login page will be displayed. The default credentials are:

• Username: admin
• Password: lockbox

Once you've logged in, select the 'Others -> Upload and Download' option from the menu bar:

Select the required tab entitled "Upload to Server" or "Download from server":

Follow the options to Upload or Download files.

scp

Secure Copy can be used to upload and download files to and from PINsafe Appliances. This is also useful for copying files between PINsafe servers.

scp filename username@<IP>:/destination/filename

Example 1: scp file1 admin@192.168.0.35:/backups/file1

Example 2: scp admin@192.168.0.35:/backups/file1 file1

Putty includes a scp called pscp

WinSCP and other copy utilities

WinSCP and other such programs can be used to upload and download files to and from PINsafe Appliances. Login using admin and the relevant password. For further information see WinSCP How To Guide

USB

The PINsafe hardware appliances have USB ports that can be used to copy files to or from the appliance. This requires command line access.

To mount a USB device

Check device in console or from dmesg

mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdisk

usb can be accessed on /media/usbdisk

to unmount

unmount /media/usbdisk

CDROM/DVDROM

The PINsafe hardware appliances ship with DVD drives which can be used to upload files to the PINsafe server. Requires Command Line access and files on CD/DVD.

FTP Server

PINsafe is not an FTP server but it is possible from the command line to connect to a remote FTP server to upload and download files. Requires Command line access and an FTP server.