SCP nightly backup with Bitevise

Hello Chris,

I'm afraid I am not familiar with BitVise but i have got SCP logging working using copssh; maybe my brief notes will help anyhow?

Step by Step Guide:

1. Install 'copssh' (a windows version of openssh) - tested and working on an XP machine.

2. Activate a user via Start > All Programs > Copssh > 01. Activate a user . You may wish to create a new Windows user before carrying out this step.

3. Open a BASH shell via Start > All Programs > Copssh > start a Unix BASH shell, and run: ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa -N -f

4. On the Firepass go to Device Management > Logs > Purge Logs and tick 'create archive' and 'SCP' . Input the user (as per point 2 above), host, path ('/' for example), key type (RSA 1024 bit for example) and format = OpenSSH. Click 'update'.

5. Download the public key via the link 'Generate and download new public key'

6. Copy this key to the C:\Program Files\ICW\home\\.ssh (or the alternative path to which you installed Copssh – obviously the username is the same as in points (2) and (4) above).

7. Open the key file that we just copied, using a text editor and copy the entire string.

8. Add the string into the 'authorized_keys' file (again just copy it in there using notepad, beneath any existing entries).

Use 'click here to purge logs right now' on the FirePass to test.......

If all goes to plan you will get a message on the FirePass screen that 'Archive has been put to x.x.x.x server.'

The log files should appear in C:\Program Files\ICW and will be in the format 'backup--URM-

-YYYYMMDDhhmmss>.zip' . You may need to wait for logs to be generated before you can test this successfully. 
  
 As a sidenote, a quick way to check if the files were sent is to look under 'Temporary Archive Storage' (still within the FirePass Log page, below where we setup SCP logging) since any failed logs will be saved here – you will receive a message that the upload fails but if there are no logs to send, no error appears.