PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ For information on how to use PuTTY to connect via SSH, please see our articles on the subject below. PuTTY: How to download and install Putty PuTTY: How to […]
There may be times where you find that you have a .rar file that you need to extract on your account. Since our servers do not have unrar installed by default, this is something you would need to install locally following these few simple steps. Log into your account via […]
In this article, we will show you how to convert a private key generated on a Linux/Mac (using the ssh-keygen command) to a ppk file that many Windows applications use (e.g. PuTTY). 1) Download (if you do not already have it) the PuTTY Key Generator (PuTTYgen) application by going here. […]
In this article, we will show you how to “kill” or stop a FastCGI script after it has started running. This can sometimes be helpful when changes made to python scripts or applications are not appearing on the website. 1) Login to your account over SSH using your preferred SSH […]
Xshell is a SSH client that allows you to connect to SSH enabled servers. They offer both a free and paid licence. For more information about where to get Xshell, please see the following link… http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_overview.html For information on how to use Xshell to connect to our server via SSH, please see […]
In this article, we will show you how to connect to a SSH server using Xshell with a public key. For this demo, we will assume that you already have a key setup. 1) Open Xshell 2) Click the open icon 3) Select the session you wish to use key […]
In this article, we will show you how to create, close, and swap between tabs in Xshell. 1) Open Xshell 2) Connect to a session as you normally would 3) Click the new tab icon and select the session you would like to use The session is now open and […]
In this article, we will show you how to edit and delete your saved sessions. 1) Open Xshell 2) Click the Open icon 3) Select the session you wish to change 4) You can change the settings by clicking the Properties option on the tool bar 5) Or you can […]
In this article, we will show you how to save login credentials for your SSH account from within Xshell. For this example, we will assume that you already have a session created. 1) Open Xshell 2) Click the Open icon 3) Select the session you wish to use and click Properties 4) […]
In this article, we will show you how to connect to a SSH server using Xshell. For this article, we will assume that you already have a session created. 1) Open Xshell 2) Click the Open icon 3) Click the session you wish to use, then click connect 4) Enter […]
