Via putty

If you are in windows machine. I highly recommend this method. Steps:

1. Add host, port and chose connection type in putty
2. click open in lower right
3. a console will appear.
   • First input username.
   • push enter.
   • input password
   • push enter.
4. !!! Yehey you are logged in!!!

Via ssh command in any linux based server

steps:

1. Open terminal(cmd)
2. input the following command: ssh username@host. ie:

   ssh cliff@8.8.8.8
   

3. The console will ask for credentials.
   • First input username.
   • push enter.
   • input password
   • push enter.
4. !!! Yehey you are logged in!!!

Directory you might be interested to explore: (asuming that you are using LAMP)

1. site configurations:
   • /etc/apache2/sites-available/
   • /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
2. site root directory
   • /var/www

Useful commands in linux :

each command will not be explained in detail. Use the --help tag instead to see detailed explanation, parameters and use case. ie cd --help, ‘pwd –help’

• passwd
  • change password of current user
• pwd
  • Print the name of the current working directory.
• cd
  • Change the current directory to DIR.
• mv
  • move a file from source to destination
• cp
  • copy file from source to destination
• ls
  • list down all directory and files in the current directory
  • ls -la gives a lot more info 😀
• ssh
  • remove login
• vi
  • open the vi editor.