• XSD will start a remote ddsServer upon the first time data is loaded (File→Open Data), anytime the remote server dies, or upon specific restarting by the user (File→Restart Server). There are additional menu items available in each of the data display window.
  • Normally the "Server Startup" window will provide the following methods for starting the ddsServer. Specify the "Host Computer" based on these options to control how the ddsServer gets (re)started. Specify the "Login" username if it is different on the remote host.
    For example if you want to connect to a remote machine named, "roger", (and optionally a local port of "55060" forwarded remotely to "roger") then the "Host Computer" parameter can be:

    =Specifies the local machine
    rogerUse "rsh" to connect to "roger"
    !rogerUse "ssh" to connect to "roger"
    55060:=Connect thru localhost port 55060 to localhost
    55060:rogerConnect thru port 55060 then "rsh" to "roger"
    55060:!rogerConnect thru port 55060 then "ssh" to "roger"

  • XSD can be setup to connect remotely through a local port by default so you don't have to keep specifying the port each time. For example if you have local port 55060 forwarded through "ssh" to a remote port 22, then running: 
            xsd port=55060
    will bring up a slightly modified set of connection options:

    =Specifies the local machine
    :=Connect thru localhost port 55060 to localhost
    rogerConnect thru port 55060 then "rsh" to "roger"
    !rogerConnect thru port 55060 then "ssh" to "roger"


  • NOTE: you can setup ssh to use keys instead of password to make it easier to connect through ssh; Follow this example to setup the public/private rsa key pair: 
    > ssh-keygen -t rsa
generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/rob/.ssh/id_rsa):

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /home/rob/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been save in /home/rob/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
a6:5c:c3:eb:18:94:0b:06:a1:a6:29:58:fa:80:0a:bc rob@localhost
> cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub > /.ssh/authorized_keys
> chmod 0700 .ssh
> chmod 0600 .ssh/id_rsa