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Many procedures will require to enter commands on the distant VPS using a Secure SHell (SSH) terminal.
Here's how to get into it.
- You'll get these from your VPS provider.
- SSH default port is 22, but your provider may have changed it for security reasons.
- You'll get these from your VPS provider.
- Credentials include a username and it's account password.
Default Linux user is "root", which has the "superuser" status (all permissions).
Default user folder for "root" is/root.
Note
🟠 Using Ubuntu ? Don't have "root" ? Click me !
Some Ubuntu Linux distributions disable the "root" user and /root folder by default.
In these, your default user is "ubuntu", using /home/ubuntu as default folder.
Your CRCON folder will then be /home/ubuntu/hll_rcon_tool
As "ubuntu" doesn't have "superuser" permissions and can't be promoted to "root", which isn't enabled,
you'll have to use the sudo command as a prefix to ALL commands that require "superuser" permissions.
Example (starting Docker containers) :
| As "root" | As "ubuntu" |
|---|---|
docker compose up -d --remove-orphans |
sudo docker compose up -d --remove-orphans |
See this page's instructions if you want to enable "root" on Ubuntu.
Here are some you can use :
| Windows | macOS | Linux | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built in | ● PowerShell | ● Terminal | ● Terminal |
| Third-party | ● PuTTY | ● Terminus ● iTerm2 |
Note
The example below will show how to use the Windows built in "PowerShell" tool.
To launch it, open the Start menu, search for "Windows PowerShell".
Important
Any command you'll type in a terminal will have to be "entered", by pressing the [Enter] key.
To connect to the VPS on SSH port 22, enter this command in PowerShell (replace 123.123.123.123 with your VPS IP).
❓ Your SSH port isn't 22 ? Click me !
Use the -p option to specify your port (here is an example using port 1234) :
ssh [email protected] -p 1234
You'll get a password prompt.
Enter the "root" user's password (it won't display for security reasons), then press the [Enter] key.
You'll get a Linux command terminal prompt, ready to receive commands to execute on the VPS :
Most SSH enabled servers will close the connection if the user stays idle (don't enter any command) for some time.
If you've been kicked out the SSH session, you'll have to connect again.