This article will show you how to connect to a linux server via SSH (Secure Shell).

On Windows we recommend the SSH program “PuTTy.”
PuTTY.exe is a program that makes Windows users establish a secure connection to Linux (and Unix) terminals, among other things

PuTTY can be downloaded from the authors website
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

When you open PuTTy you will be presented with the following screen:

Please enter the IP address or hostname of your linux server and then press the Open button.

You will then be shown the following message:

Click Yes to this message. You will get this the first time you connect to a server.

You will then be asked to enter your username and password.

You can now enter commands into the SSH client.

This entry was posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 10:05 and is filed under Knowledge Base, Virtual Private Servers .