Open SSH is a connectivity tool for secure remote access to uw seedbox. It is based on SSH protocol. It encrypts your traffic to eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking and other cyber security attacks.
Hoe access uw seedbox using Open SSH on the Windows system.
For accessing uw seedbox using OpenSSH you first need to install OpenSSH on uw seedbox.Let’s look into the installation of Openssh on evoseedbox.
1. Login naar uw klantengebied and search for OpenSSH in de apps section.
2. Klik op the install knop and once the installation is complete open de app from the installed app section as hieronder getoond.
You will be able to see a pop-up where your host id and port number which will be used for creating a connection.
This completes our OpenSSH installation on our Seedbox.To use Openssh on windows we need to first install openssh client on our windows too. This link will guide you how to check if Openssh is installed or not and ook how to install it if not already installed.
3. Once Openssh client is installed.Open powershell on windows by searching ‘Power Shell’ in windows apps.
4. On opening the Power Shell type ‘ssh’ and hit enter. If Openssh is correctly installed u zult see the openssh usage guide as hieronder getoond.
5. Now to connect to uw seedbox type ssh command with the gebruikersnaam provided in the FTP detail and hostid(provided in OpenSSH window).
Following format should be used:
‘ssh gebruikersnaam@hostid -p port no’
You will asked to enter wachtwoord which u kunt get from the FTP detail.
6. After entering the wachtwoord you should be able to use Openssh as hieronder getoond.
Using Openssh on Ubuntu #
Similar to Windows , first install openssh on uw seedbox and note the host id and port no as reference for making connection. Now lets try connecting uw seedbox using Openssh on ubuntu system.
- Open terminal op uw system and type following command:
‘sudo apt update ‘
2. Once the above command execution is complete . Type ‘ sudo apt install openssh-client’ and press enter.
Als u face an error as shown in the screenshot above, you need to kill the ongoing process which is using apt.
3. Type ‘ ps aux | grep -i apt’ and press enter which will list all het proces ids which are currently using ‘apt’.
4. Kill het proces using the command ‘sudo kill <process id>’. After th process has been terminated try again to install openssh client using the same command ‘sudo apt install openssh-client’
5. U kunt now test your installation by creating a connection to uw seedbox as mentioned in the windows openssh connection section. Ex. ssh <gebruikersnaam>@<host id> -p <port no.>
You will be prompted to enter wachtwoord and accept SH256 signature after which connecting process will be complete.
