How do I connect via SSH on an Apple Mac?

how to connect SSH on Macbook

To establish an SSH connection from a Mac to your ServerByt hosting package, follow these steps:

• Access your ServerByt control panel at cp.serverbyt.in.

• Go to Manage Hosting and select Manage for the hosting package you wish to connect to.
• Click on the SSH Access icon.

• Open Terminal on your Mac.

Enter the following command into the Terminal: 

Press Enter

You’ll be prompted to enter the location where you want the public and private keys saving. In this case, we’ll keep this as the default location. Press Enter

You’ll be prompted for a passphrase, in this guide we’ll just leave this empty. If you enter one, make sure you remember this as you’ll be prompted for this later. Press Enter.

You’ll be asked to confirm the passphrase, since we’ve left this empty just press Enter.

The key will be outputted, copy the whole key from the start to the end.

Paste the key back in Control panel in the Public Key field in the SSH Access section. The handle should be added automatically. Press Add Public Key. Please note that can take up to 5 minutes.

Head back to Terminal and enter the SSH username and hostname found at the top of the SSH Access section, it should be something like [email protected] for packages in the UK, and [email protected] for packages in the US. You’ll need to prefix it with the ssh command as follows:  

OR

You should have successfully connected via SSH from your Mac to your hosting package at Serverbyt.