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Connect via SSH and use command-line tools

Update 09/28/2026

This guide explains how to connect via SSH to a Web Hosting or a Cloud Server.

 

Connecting via SSH…

 

… via a web browser

  1. Click here to access your hosting management interface on the Infomaniak Manager (❓: help).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the hosting in question:
  3. Click on FTP / SSH in the left-hand menu.
  4. 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) (❓: help)

Then, enter the following command:

ssh username@server
  • username is the username for the FTP account (❓: help)
  • server is 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/mysql

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