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# Create an SSH Tunnel for RMI Server (Optional)

You can make a RMI server available from outside the firewall through RMI port forwarding. This applies to both normal RMI (`rmi://`) and secure RMI (`rmis://`).

To port forward RMI,

1. Create an SSH tunnel from the public server to the PPM Server.

   1. Run the following command on the public server:

          ssh -gvNL <Public_Server_Port>:<PPM_Server_IP_Address>:<PPM_Server_Port> <PPM_Username>@<PPM_Server_IP_Address>

      where,
      `<Public_Server_Port>` is the available port on the public server;
      `<PPM_Server_IP_Address>` is the IP address of your PPM Server;
      `<PPM_Server_Port>` is the available port on your PPM Server;
      `<PPM_Username>` is the user account that you want to use to access your PPM Server.

      For example,

          ssh -gvNL 8082:ppm.my-server-port.com:50001  user1@ppm.my-server-port.com

   2. Enter the password for `<PPM_Username>` when prompted.

   3. Wait until the tunnel is successfully established.

2. With the tunnel open, add the new `CLIENT_RMI_URL` parameter to the `server.conf` file if it is not present:

       com.kintana.core.server.CLIENT_RMI_URL=rmi://<Public_Server_IP_Address>:<Public_Server_Port>/KintanaServer

3. Save the server.conf file and run the kUpdateHtml.sh script (located in the `<PPM_Home>/bin` directory).

4. Restart the PPM Server.

5. You can now access PPM Workbench from PPM Center.

6. On the public server, press Ctrl+C to close the tunnel when you no longer need it.

Note: This does not change the RMI URL used when opening the PPM Workbench via Java webstart.

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