Connect via SSH (first connection VPS Cloud / VPS Lite Linux)

This guide explains how to establish the first SSH connection on your VPS Cloud / VPS Lite.

Running a command with root privileges…

From a command-line interface (CLI) application like Terminal on your device, for example the PuTTY application (to download and install on Windows) or Terminal (installed by default on macOS), run sudo -i to load the complete root environment, giving you a full interactive session as root with the root's personal directory and environment variables. Learn more

... on macOS or Linux

To connect, you must open a Terminal window and run the following command:

ssh -i [key path] [user]@[server]

• [key path] = link to the file containing the private key; as a reminder, when ordering your VPS Cloud / VPS Lite, you were invited to generate a key pair or upload your own public key (permissions must be sufficient, e.g., 0700)
• [user] = see below for default usernames
• [server] = IPv4 address of the server (indicated on the Manager)

Example: ssh -i c:/path/key ubuntu@192.168.1.1

If you encounter the error "WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!", run the command chmod 400 [key path].

... on Windows

Windows does not natively support SSH connections: enable the Bash shell (Windows 10 minimum) or download the following two free software programs: PuTTY & PuTTYgen

To begin, your private key must be converted to be used with PuTTY.

To do this, open PuTTYgen and click the «Load» button to load your private key. Then, save your private key using the «Save private key» button.

Open PuTTY now and provide the following:

Under Session (in the left sidebar):

• [HostName] = server's IPv4 address (indicated on the Manager)
• [Port] = leave the default port, which is 22
• [Connection type] = specify «SSH» here

Under Connection / SSH / Auth (in the left sidebar):

• Open your private key generated via PuTTYgen using the «Browse» button under «Private key file for authentication»
• Click the «Open» button at the bottom of the window. A terminal will open and prompt you for your username (user = see below)

Default username [user] for unmanaged Cloud servers with:

Linux distribution table