Click the ‘ Open‘ button ( d) to start the connection. Enter 22 in the ‘ Port‘ field ( b), and select the ‘ SSH‘ radio button ( c). Enter your server’s host name in the ‘ Host Name (or IP address)‘ field ( a).If you are running it on Windows and you get a Security Warning, click the ‘ Run‘ button to continue. Once you have installed it, you can use it to connect to your server as follows: PuTTY is a free and open-source SSH application, available for both Windows and Linux desktop machines. Tip: When the machine is setup, the password for the root user, the admin user and the mysql database are all the same. You will be presented with the prompt ( b) ready to accept commands.Enter the password for the ‘admin’ user ( a) (it is normal for nothing to be displayed on the screen as you type) and press Enter.We can assume that the host is authentic, so type yes and press Enter to continue. ssh The first time you connect to your machine you will be presented with a warning message about the authenticity of the host. Open a terminal emulator and type ssh followed by a space, then your username (probably ‘admin’), an symbol and then the hostname of your server eg.
#Putty equivalent for mac os mac os x#
Linux and Mac OS X desktop machines usually come with the SSH command available.
Using a terminal program to connect via SSH
SSH is an encrypted protocol, like SFTP, ensuring that any commands and passwords passing between your computer and the server are protected against eavesdroppers.įor Bytemark customers, SSH is also used to access the Recovery Console of the machine. Shell access is the equivalent of the ‘command prompt’ on Windows PCs, or the terminal on machines running Mac OS X or Linux. SSH ( Secure SHell) provides command-line access, so you can run commands directly on that machine.
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