Logging in with SSH

Logging into your vps for the first time with SSH

This article describes the process of logging into your VPS via SSH for the first time.
There are several SSH clients that you may use to login to your VPS.

What is my IP address

When your new VPS is created, you are sent and Email with the IP address details:

Good afternoon.
Your new account my-newaccount has been provisioned, and is installing now.
The ip address(es) assigned are as follows:
1.2.3.4

For your first login, simply ssh to the above IP as root, with the password
from the signup form.

Additional ip information such as netmask is available in the QCP, under ip addresses.
 
Please contact support@quantact.com if you have any questions.

Quantact Hosting Solutions, Inc.
support@quantact.com
http://www.quantact.com

You may also find your IP address in the The QCP, under Network.

Using the Putty SSH client.

The Putty SSH client is a freely available SSH client.
You can download the Putty client from the internet, and it runs on a Windows Operating system PC.

To download Putty, click here for the Putty.exe program
The Putty Website

Now enter your VPS's primary IP address in the hosts field, and click Open:

Login as root, using the password you supplied on the signup form.

Logging into your VPS with a Linux command line client:

Logging into your VPS via the Linux SSH client goes as follows:

myhost:/ # ssh 1.2.3.4
The authenticity of host '1.2.3.4 (1.2.3.4)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is b6:fc:0b:19:df:ba:41:4b:4c:a1:55:1c:2c:e4:78:ca.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '1.2.3.4' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@1.2.3.4's password:
Last login: Mon Nov 23 23:33:30 2009 from c-9.8.7.6.hsd1.ca.comcast.net
[root@vps ~]#