{"id":111,"date":"2025-12-28T07:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=111"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:52:54","slug":"basic-ssh-login-credentials","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic SSH login credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSH provides secure command-line access to your hosting account, allowing you to manage files, run commands, and perform administrative tasks directly on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To connect to your account via SSH, use the following details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Setting<\/th><th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Login<\/td><td>Your hosting account username<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Password<\/td><td>The password configured during SSH activation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Server<\/td><td><code>your_login.ssh.mybox.com<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Port<\/td><td><code>22<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Encoding<\/td><td><code>UTF-8<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Home Directory<\/td><td><code>\/home\/your_login\/<\/code><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-542214053\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replace <code>your_login<\/code> with your actual hosting account username.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/#Before_You_Connect\" >Before You Connect<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/#Connection_Examples\" >Connection Examples<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/#Common_SSH_Clients\" >Common SSH Clients<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/#Related_Articles\" >Related Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/basic-ssh-login-credentials\/#More_information_about_SSH\" >More information about SSH<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before_You_Connect\"><\/span>Before You Connect<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSH access must be enabled for your hosting account before you can log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If SSH has not yet been activated, enable it from the mybox Panel or follow the SSH activation guide available in the Help Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connection_Examples\"><\/span>Connection Examples<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most SSH clients will require the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Host: your_login.ssh.mybox.com<br>Port: 22<br>Username: your_login<br>Password: your SSH password<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After successful authentication, you will be connected to your hosting account&#8217;s home directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_SSH_Clients\"><\/span>Common SSH Clients<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on your operating system, you can connect using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Windows<\/strong> \u2013 PuTTY, Windows Terminal, PowerShell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Linux<\/strong> \u2013 Terminal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>macOS<\/strong> \u2013 Terminal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How to Enable SSH Access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Add an SSH Key to Your Hosting Account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Generate SSH Keys on Windows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Generate SSH Keys on Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Generate SSH Keys on macOS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSH provides secure remote access to your hosting account. To connect, you will need your account username, SSH password, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_information_about_SSH\"><\/span>More information about SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-activate-my-ssh-account\/\">How do I activate my SSH account?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-add-an-ssh-key-to-a-server\/\">How do I add an SSH key to a server?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to generate SSH keys on <a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-generate-ssh-keys-on-linux\/\">Linux<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-generate-ssh-keys-on-mac-os\/\">MacOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[25,54],"manual_kb_tag":[3743,4130,4131,4132,4133,752,1400,2123,3413,3714],"class_list":["post-111","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-hosting","manualknowledgebasecat-ssh","manual_kb_tag-add-ssh-key","manual_kb_tag-secure-shell-login","manual_kb_tag-linux-key-generation","manual_kb_tag-mac-key-generation","manual_kb_tag-secure-shell-authentication","manual_kb_tag-public-key-authentication","manual_kb_tag-login-credentials","manual_kb_tag-account-activation","manual_kb_tag-generate-ssh-keys","manual_kb_tag-server-login"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9513,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/111\/revisions\/9513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}