{"id":267,"date":"2025-12-17T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=267"},"modified":"2026-06-02T03:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:30:28","slug":"how-do-i-activate-my-ssh-account","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-activate-my-ssh-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I activate my SSH account?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\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\/how-do-i-activate-my-ssh-account\/#Context\" >Context<\/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\/how-do-i-activate-my-ssh-account\/#Steps_to_activate_SSH\" >Steps to activate SSH<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Context\"><\/span>Context<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSH access allows you to connect securely to your hosting environment and manage files, services, or deployments through the command line. In mybox, SSH can be activated directly from the control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_activate_SSH\"><\/span>Steps to activate SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong> Log in to the mybox panel, then go to the <em><strong>&#8220;Advanced&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> tab and select <em><strong>&#8220;Secure Shell (SSH)&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and click the green <em><strong>&#8220;Activate SSH Service&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> button.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-121.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-121.png 350w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-121-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-121-18x7.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-122.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-122.png 551w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-122-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-122-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"mybox-1006758214\" 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\"><strong>2.<\/strong> In the next step, you just need to set a password and click <em><strong>on &#8220;Activate SSH Service&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to enable access to your SSH account.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-123.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-123.png 607w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-123-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-123-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> You will be informed about the activation of your account and you will receive the necessary login details. You have the option to deactivate your account and change your password.<br>The SSH password during activation is synchronized with your the mybox panel password.<br>However, you need to keep in mind that changing the password to the mybox panel does not change the SSH password and once this option is activated, you can change it by specifying another access password active exclusively for SSH, which we recommend you do right away to avoid danger in case of hacking.<\/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":[3766,216,283,747,1570,2062,2123,2482,3562,3760,3761,3762,3763,3764,3765],"class_list":["post-267","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-hosting","manualknowledgebasecat-ssh","manual_kb_tag-enable-secure-shell","manual_kb_tag-login-details","manual_kb_tag-mybox-panel","manual_kb_tag-secure-shell","manual_kb_tag-control-panel","manual_kb_tag-change-password","manual_kb_tag-account-activation","manual_kb_tag-panel-login","manual_kb_tag-advanced-tab","manual_kb_tag-ssh-account","manual_kb_tag-activate-service","manual_kb_tag-activate-account","manual_kb_tag-set-password","manual_kb_tag-password-synchronization","manual_kb_tag-secure-shell-activation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/267","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3853,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/267\/revisions\/3853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}