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
| Windows | Linux |
|---|---|
| Open Powershell | Open Terminal |
| Type 'SSH username@servername' | Type 'SSH username@servername' |
| Input password | Input password |
Configuring SSH keys makes this process easier, ssh-keys.md
| Operating System | Command | Example | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu & Windows | clear | Empties the terminal window | |
| Windows | cd | cd | |
| 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 |
- you can use the TAB key to autocomplete file names and some commands