Basic SSH information
By default, SSH password authentication is disabled for any server that is provisioned with Ploi. You can authenticate w...
How do I connect with SSH? (Mac & Linux)
You can enter your server with SSH using the default Terminal that MacOS provides, or you can use iTerm which is a expan...
How do I connect with SSH? (Windows)
In order to connect with a server over SSH you will need to generate a SSH key & private key. You can follow this tu...
How do I login as root user?
You can login into the root user by first logging into the ploi user and then typing sudo su, this will prompt you...
How do I create a SSH key? (Mac & Linux)
Important note: Never share your private key with anyone, you rarely even have to touch this key so keep it safe and onl...
How do I create a SSH key? (Windows)
You will need PuTTY to generate an SSH key easily and quickly. You can download PuTTY here.After installing, open up PuT...
How do I change my SSH port?
Ploi allows you to manage your server with another port than 22. In this article we will explain how to do this without...
Can I safely change PermitRootLogin in the SSH config file?
No you cannot change this value as Ploi would completely loose connection to your server.
Disable public key authentication in SSH
You can disable the public key authentication and allow password authentication (you have received your password in...