Connect to your VPS with PuTTY on Windows

On Windows you can use PuTTY (or Windows Terminal) to reach a Linux VPS over SSH.

Before you start

From the client area / welcome email note:

• Public IP address
• SSH username (often root or a sudo user we provisioned)
• Password or SSH private key

Prefer keys over passwords when possible. See also Access your VPS with SSH.

Steps with PuTTY

1. Download and open PuTTY.
2. Host Name = your VPS IP. Port = 22 (unless we gave you another port). Connection type = SSH.
3. Click Open.
4. Accept the host key warning the first time (verify the fingerprint with support if you are unsure).
5. Log in with the username, then the password or key.

If login fails

• Confirm the IP did not change after a rebuild
• Try the browser console to reset networking or the password
• Open a ticket with the IP and exact error text

macOS and Linux users can use: ssh user@YOUR.IP.ADDRESS.