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Connect via SSH and use command-line tools
Update 08/10/2026
This guide explains how to connect via SSH to a Web Hosting or a Cloud Server.
Connecting via SSH…
… via a web browser
- Click here to access the management of your web hosting on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
- Click directly on the name assigned to the hosting in question:

- Click on FTP / SSH in the left-hand menu.
- Click on the SSH Console button:

… via the terminal or an application
To connect via SSH, use the following commands from a Terminal application (command-line interface, CLI) on your device, for example:
- Terminal (an application already integrated into macOS and Linux)
- PuTTY (Windows)
- Windows 10 SSH client (help in French / in English)
Then, enter the following command:
ssh username@serverusernameis the username of the FTP accountserveris the host server (e.g. xxxx.ftp.infomaniak.com)
To find out which command is available and to know the path to use, run the "whereis" command:
$ whereis mysql
mysql: /opt/mysql/bin/mysqlLink to this FAQ: https://faq.infomaniak.com/1941
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