Install Custom Settings with a Companion Installer
You can use the Attachmate Customization Tool to configure a customized Reflection for Secure IT. To do this, you can create one or more companion installer packages to install custom settings files, and then add the companion package(s) to your installation. You can specify both user-specific and global locations for installing files.
Note: For names and locations of configuration files used by Reflection for Secure IT, see the lists that follow the procedure.
To create a companion package to install Reflection for Secure IT settings files
- Create an administrative installation image.
- On a workstation on which you have installed Reflection, open the Attachmate Customization Tool from a desktop shortcut or from a command line as follows:
path_to_setup\setup.exe /admin
- From the Select Customization dialog box, select Create a new Companion installer (or open an existing MSI), and then click OK.
- From the navigation pane, click Specify package information. Use this panel to specify the program name you want your package to use in the Windows Add or Remove Programs list. Also specify your organization name.
- From the navigation pane, click Specify install locations. Use this panel to specify whether you want to install files for all users (the default) or just for the user who installs the package you are creating. You can also specify default installation locations on this panel.
- From the navigation pane, click Add Files.
- Under Add files to, specify a destination location. For a list of files and file locations used by Reflection for Secure IT, see the lists that follow this procedure.
- (Optional) Click Include shortcut to install a shortcut users can use to open the installed file. For example, if you're installing a settings file (*.r3w), you can install a shortcut to launch Reflection using the settings in that file. You can use the Configure shortcuts panel to specify where the shortcut should be installed.
- Click Add, browse to locate the file you want to add to the installation, then click Open.
- Click File > Save As and enter a name for your installer file (for example ReflectionSettings.msi).
User-specific files and locations
File Name |
Add File To |
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*.r3w |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: This is the default location for Reflection for Secure IT settings files. You can also use settings files in other locations
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config |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection\.ssh Note: For information about this file, see Secure Shell Client Configuration Files.
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known_hosts |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection\.ssh Note: For information about this file, see The Known Hosts File.
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pki_config |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection\.pki Note: This file configures Reflection Certificate Manager settings.
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trust_store.p12 |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection\.pki Note: This file configures Reflection Trusted Certificate Authorities
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Settings.rfw |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: This is the default location for FTP Client settings files. You can also configure the FTP Client using xml files. An advantage of using an xml settings file is the ability to deploy settings without including user-specific information such as user name and password.
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rftp.xml |
[PersonalFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: You can create this file using the FTP Client Export command. Settings in this location are migrated to a Settings.rfw file the first time the user runs the FTP Client.
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rsckrb5.xml |
[AppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: You can create this file using the Reflection Kerberos Manager Export Settings command. Settings in this location are migrated to the Windows registry the first time a user runs Reflection Kerberos Manager or runs any Reflection client configured to use Reflection Kerberos. |
Global files and locations
File Name |
Add File To |
|---|---|
ssh_config |
[CommonAppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: This is the global Secure Shell client configuration file.
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ssh_known_hosts |
[CommonAppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: This is the global known hosts file.
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pki_config |
[CommonAppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection\.pki
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trust_store.p12 |
[CommonAppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection\.pki
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rftp.xml |
[CommonAppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: Settings in this location are migrated to a Settings.rfw file for each Windows user the first time the user runs the FTP Client.
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rsckrb5.xml |
[CommonAppDataFolder]\Attachmate\Reflection Note: Settings in this location are migrated to the Windows registry for each Windows user the first time the user runs Reflection Kerberos Manager or runs any Reflection client configured to use Reflection Kerberos.
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