To use PUTTY tool effectively

This document will help you to capture all the putty session logs. According to the below steps, this will capture logs for each session dedicated file with IP or host name whatever your providing, as well as date,month,year and time. Like this format (putty,192.168.10.10,06,02,2014,031138).

Some of the key advantage to capture the logs:
 1. Most of the time we forgot to take or note down the configuration details / information when we have situation like reboot the server, in that time it will help us.
2. We can refer these logs in future since we are saving in our local disk.
3. If something happen unfortunately / by mistake then we can refer the logs and it will reduce our time to troubleshoot the issue.
4. It will be useful when audit happen.
5. We can refer old configuration details when it is require to check.
6. We can prove, we have not done anything wrong.
7. We can show these logs as evidence , when the situation demands.

Note: Open log file in WordPad which will give you the accurate format.

Topic 1 - Modify Default Settings to capture all putty session screen logs (if you login directly).

Topic 2 - Create new dedicated session (i.e Jumphost or Jombox) coz we use to login all the servers from common gateway server, which is usually call as jumphost/Jombox.

Steps :
Launch Putty Tool. The screen will look like this. 
Under Category: 
1). Click on Session 
2). Select Default Settings and Click Load button

3). Select Logging and Select Printable output
4). Click Browse button

5). Click Create New Folder Icon

6). Give directory Name i.e Putty_log

7). Select folder name and open the folder 
8). Copy paste file name as below format and click Save

• putty,&H,&D,&M,&Y,&T

9). It will look like below.

10). Select Window and do following.
i.e - Columns “80”, Rows “24”, Lines of Scroll back “20000000”

11). Finally Click Session and select Default Settings and click save

12). Most of the servers we are logging in from jumphost (192.168.101.10) , so create one new dedicated session for jumphost and save it.

Do the all the above steps till no 10 then follow below.

To save dedicated session for jumphost .

I – Provide Host Name (Or IP address)

II – Give Name “Jumpbox” on Saved Session column)

III – Click Save button

13). Click Jumpbox , Press Load button and click Open button or double click Jumpbox.

14). Final result will be like bellow.

15). To disable right click and past option (This is optional but very good practice to avoid mistaken copy past and advantages for remembering all the command)

In Category, select Selection section  

Hope this document will help us!!!

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