Guide – How To Start – Firebird 3.0.7 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Firebird is an SQL relational database management system that runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, and several Unix platforms. It is powerful and lightweight and performs excellently and scales impressively

This is a quick deployment and ready-to-run image.
Simple and rapid installation. Easy to maintain.

The connection to FireBird using DBeaver through SSH Tunnel

1. Go to the page for downloading DBeaver – Download
2. Download the software distribution that is convenient for you, Windows 64 bit (installer) for example. (A newer version of DBeaver may be released. All actions will remain the same for the higher version.)

3. Run the downloaded file and finish the installation process
4. Start the DBeaver
5. Click on the button to establish the new connection

6. In the list that appeared find and select “Firebird”, then click the “Next” button

7. In the “Path” field specify the path to the database located on the VM. For example var/lib/firebird/data/testbase.fdb
8. In the “User Name” field enter the username sysdba and the password masterkey to connect to DB. The other fields in the tab leave with no changes. It is strongly recommended to change the password, after connecting to the database.

9. Go to the “SSH” tab and tick the “Use SSH tunnel” checkbox
10. In the “Host/IP” field enter the address of the virtual machine (without spaces)
11. In the “Username” field enter the username to connect to the VM
12. In the “Password” field type the password, which was used to connect to the virtual machine before
13. Click “Finish” to save and establish the connection 

14. While connecting, the window with the driver files installation may appear. Click  “Download”, after that the connection to the database will be continued.