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Forward local port 8080 (or wherever you have BlueDragon’s internal server set) via
SSH to the remote server port 8080. This will also allow you to leave the remote server
configured to accept requests only from localhost/127.0.0.1, as that is where the incoming
SSH tunnel will appear to come from.
On *nix, the command takes this form:
ssh -L localport:remotemachine:remoteport accountname@remotemachine
You can add the -C switch for compression if on a slow connection, but be aware that on
a fast connection it will actually slow things down. To make the ssh forwarded
connection available to other computers, add a -g switch. Here is an example:
ssh -C -L 8080:mybox.myisp.com:8080 [e-mail]
Enter the password when prompted. Then you can use your browser to access
http://localhost:8080 (in this example) for the BlueDragon Admin on your remote
machine.
6.3 Datasource Configuration
There are some aspects of datasource configuration in BlueDragon that may not be
obvious to casual users of the administration console. These are highlighted here, and
explained in more detail in the BlueDragon 6.2.1 User Guide.
6.3.1 Automatic Configuration of ODBC Datasources (Windows)
On Windows platforms, when BlueDragon Server is installed it automatically finds any
existing ODBC datasources (as configured by either the Windows ODBC Datasource
Administrator or ColdFusion 5 or earlier) and imports the configuration information into
BlueDragon. They are listed in the BlueDragon administration console under
Datasources>Configure.
Note that if such an auto-configured ODBC datasource had a username, password, or
servername specified in the Windows ODBC configuration, BlueDragon is not able to
preserve that and therefore you must add those back manually.
See the BlueDragon User’s Guide for more information on using the administrator
console to create additional datasources, as well as using the “ODBC Refresh” button to
refresh the list of automatically configured ODBC datasources, and also a means to
disable this auto-refresh mechanism if desired.
6.3.2 Configuring Access, SQL Server, and Others as ODBC Datasources
The converse of the previous section is that there is no option in the BlueDragon
administration console for adding ODBC datasources such as Access. And while the
Server JX and J2EE editions of BlueDragon provide a driver for SQL Server (and other
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