🍕Quick Start

Purpose

The purpose of this page is to get you up to scratch on the basics of connecting to and administrating servers, or anything else you may need to know before trying to implement or troubleshoot something

How to SSH into a server

Our servers require SSH Keys

Windows

1. Open Powershell

2. Type 'SSH username@servername'

Linux

1. Open Terminal

2. Type 'SSH username@servername'

Basic Terminal Commands

Operating System	Command	Example	Purpose
Ubuntu & Windows	clear		Empties the terminal window
Windows	cd	cd "C:\program files"	Navigates to a folder
Ubuntu	dir	dir	Lists the files in a directory
Ubuntu	nano	nano config.yml	Opens file in the Nano file editor
Ubuntu	CHMOD	chmod 777 config.yml	Changes permissions on folder

Other helpful tips

• you can use the TAB key to autocomplete file names and some commands