Connecting to the Management Console with SSH

SSH is used to connect to the virtual console of an NSv.

Logging in by way of SSH is only possible through the certificate file configured during the NSv deployment.

To connect from Linux, refer to the AWS documentation on how to connect to the SonicWall NSv EC2 instance:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html

To connect from Windows, refer to AWS documentation:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.html

To connect to the management console from the command line

1. Survey the AWS documentation referenced previously.

2. Navigate to the AWS EC2 Management Console and view the Instances page for your NSv.

   

3. Copy and paste the Instance ID and IPv4 address into a temporary file.

4. Refer to the instructions in the AWS documentation referenced previously.

5. When ready to connect using the ssh command from Linux or with Putty from Windows, use management as the SSH username.

   For example, from Linux:

   ssh -i /path/my-key-pair.pem management@ec2-198-51-100-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com

   From Windows, with PuTTY: in the Host Name box, enter management@<public_dns_name>.

6. The .pem (on Linux) or .ppk (on Windows) file created from the key pair for your NSv instance is used to authenticate the SSH session, as explained in the AWS documentation.

   The orange NSv Management Console displays.

   

   The address to log into the web interface is given in the lower right of the display.

   You can switch to the black SonicOS CLI window by pressing Ctrl+s and then the spacebar. If you are prompted to log in at the User prompt,

7. Enter the SonicOS administrator credentials (default: admin / password where password is the Instance ID given by your SonicWall representative).

   

See Navigating the NSv Management Console for more information about the options in the NSv management console.