About this task
The following documentation describes how to connect to
the Remote System Explorer server on AIX®.
Installing
the server code
For information about installing the server
code, see Installation tasks for AIX/Linux server
To start the server
manually
Installing the server will configure the daemon
to start automatically. To start the daemon manually, run the following
commands:
cd /opt/IBM/RDAIXLinux/9.0/rse/
perl ./daemon.pl
These commands
run the daemon.pl script located in the /opt/IBM/RDAIXLinux/9.0/rse/
directory. If this does not work, try changing the permission attributes
on daemon.pl (for example, enter chmod 755
daemon.pl). By default, the port number is 8050.
To configure a different port, you can edit the $port variable in daemon.pl.
Making a client connection to your remote server
in the workbench
Now, you can use the product
to make a client connection to a remote server. You perform this task
within the workbench integrated development environment. To make a
connection to your remote server:
- Switch to the Remote System Explorer perspective. From the workbench
menu, click .
- In the Remote Systems view, New Connection is automatically
expanded to display the various remote systems you can connect to
through the Remote System Explorer. Expand one of the remote systems
listed to invoke the new connection dialog box and configure a connection.
- In the Host Name field, enter the name or TCP/IP address
of your server. The value you enter in this field is automatically
copied into the Connection name field, which displays in the
Remote Systems view and is unique to the connection.
- (Optional) Enter a Description. The description appears
in the Properties view after the connection is created.
- Click Finish to define your system.
Attention: To check your port number, right-click
your connection or subsystem from the Remote Systems view and select Properties.
Click Subsystem to view the relevant information. If your port
is "0," then your Remote System Explorer communications server picks
any free port on the server. If you specified a port number when starting
the server, you need to enter it here, for example, to work with a
firewall.