PuTTY Setup And SSH Access

PuTTY is a tool server administrators use to access the command line console of their server(s). To get PuTTY setup, follow these instructions.

1. Click Here to go to the PuTTY download page.
2. Click on the putty.exe link to download the latest version of PuTTY.

You now have PuTTY ready for use on your computer. Follow the next set of instructions to login to your server via SSH.

1. You don’t have to install PuTTY, just double click the putty.exe file and PuTTY will be open.
2. Make sure that Session is highlighted. If not, click it.
3. Enter the Host Name / IP Address of the server you’d like to login to.
4. Select Port 22, or if the port for SSH was changed, enter the port you’ve selected to serve SSH from.
5. Under Connection Type, tick SSH.
6. If you’d like to save this information, give your session a name under Saved Sessions and click Save.
7. Click Open.
8. Enter the username for the server.
9. Enter the password of the user you’re logging in as. Please note that the password won’t progressively appear while you type, so just push enter after you’re done entering your password.

You should now be authenticated in SSH and ready to issue console commands.