If you continue to have issues, you will need to move to an actual SSH client. If you are having issues, make sure you are on the latest versions of each. In this context, “out-of-band” means that you can connect to the VM using the Virtual Machine Console, even if something like a software or networking misconfiguration has disabled external access to the VM (SSH is not working, network interfaces are down, etc).īecause the Virtual Machine Console is a Java applet, how well it will work depends greatly on your version of Java and your browser and browser version. This provides “out-of-band” access to the command line of the Virtual Machine. The Virtual Machine Console is a Java based VNC client that is built into the Customer Portal.
Using a Terminal Emulator program (Mac OS X, UNIX/Linux, *BSD)
UNIX SSH Clients (including Mac OS X, Linux and *BSD)Ĭonnecting to your Virtual Machine using SSH The sudo application is already installed on most Linux distros.Ĭonnecting to your Virtual Machine using the Virtual Machine Console (Customer Portal)Ĭonnecting to your Virtual Machine using an SSH client (PuTTY, SecureCRT, etc) More information on sudo can be found at. You should always connect and login as a regular user, and then use su or sudo to perform administrative tasks. The best practice is to never login as the root user. This will allow you to work from the command line interface (CLI) of your Virtual Machine. Posted by Alan Bowman on 03 February 2011 10:14 AMĪpplicable Plans - eApps Cloud Hosting plans (Webmin Control Panel) User Guide - Connecting to your Virtual Machine (SSH and Console) OverviewĪfter your Virtual Machines are provisioned, you can connect to them using the Virtual Machine Console in the Customer Portal, or by using a standalone SSH (Secure Shell) client.