If you’re using Windows and want to connect to your WPO server via SSH, you can do it easily using Windows Terminal. By generating an SSH key and adding the public key to your WPO account, you can securely access your server without needing to enter a password each time. The steps below will guide you through creating the key and connecting to your server in just a few minutes.
Open the Start menu or click on the Windows search bar, type “Terminal”, and then select Terminal from the search results to launch it.
Run the command below in the terminal to generate SSH keys on your Windows machine. By default, the keys will be created in the
user/.ssh/directory.ssh-keygen -t ed25519
Now copy the public key from the same location and follow this article to add it to WPO.
cat C:\Users\hp/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
Next go to WPO > My Sites, select your domain, and copy the SSH details provided there to connect to and access the server through the terminal.
Now open Windows Terminal and run the command below to access the server via SSH. The command includes the path to the key so you can authenticate and connect to the server. Please replace the public IP address with your server’s actual IP and adjust the key path based on where it is stored on your Windows system.
ssh nginx@38.65.226.157 -p 2222 -i C:\Users\hp/.ssh/id_ed25519
Congratulations! You’ve successfully configured SSH access using Windows Terminal and can now securely connect to your server.
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