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.Update May 4th 2021: We're look...

Disable public key authentication in SSH

You can disable the public key authentication and allow password authentication (you have received your password in...