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SSH access

Since 22 September 2009 it is possible to manage your site using SSH, in terminal/console mode but also as an FTP replacement (sftp).

In order to use SSH access you will have to provide your public key to helpdesk@restena.lu, taking care to indicate which site you need access to. In order to allow quick addition of the public key for SSH access, please let the contact person for the given site send it to us.

Caution, password based SSH access is not possible!

A few programs that support SSH are OpenSSH, Putty as well as some FTP clients including FileZilla.

Preparing your authentication keys

Warning, private keys must not be shared. If more than one person is maintaining the same website, each of them must generate their own key pair and send us their public through the contact person for the website!

Linux, MacOSX, Unix (openSSH)

If you are running one of these operating systems which normally include OpenSSH you can create you key pair as follows:

$ ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh myself@localhost

Please send us the contents of the generated *.pub files while indicating the login for you webspace (just login, not password).

In order not to have to explicitly specify the key to use to connect to your webspace you can use ssh-agent or compatible to load your key once per OS session instead of once per connection. To load your key when ssh-agent is running (SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable is set)you can issue ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa and enter your passphrase to unlock the key.

Windows (PuTTY)

To generate a keypair, use PuTTYgen from PuTTY suite:
PuTTYgen - generate key pair PuTTYgen - save key pair

  • Left screenshot
  • Select SSH-2 RSA or SSH-2 DSA as type of key to generate
  • Specify a key size of 4096 bits
  • Launch key generation by clicking on "Generate" and move your mouse over the window to generate enough randomness for the key generation
  • Right screenshot
  • Please adjust the value of "Key comment" input field and enter a comment/name to assign to the key pair so you can better recognize it (e.g. <login>@hosting-restena.lu or your-website.lu)
  • Save both private and public keys using the respective buttons. You will need the private key later on!
  • Send us your public key as shown in the large text area above of the fingerprint field (it's a very long line)

To later use the key, the most convenient way is to run pagent (by default it's visible only through its icon in notification area - next to clock on your taskbar) and load your private key in pagent:
pagent

Connection with a SSH/SFTP client

Configuring FileZilla

In "File" menu, choose "Site Manager", then click on "New site" button (and assign a name of your choice to the new site configuration) and fill in "General" tab as show below while entering your login under "User:" and "<login>.hosting-restena.lu" under "Host:"
Site Manager

Once the site configuration is created you can either immeditaly connect or close the window with "OK" button. For the connection to work, make sure Püagent (Windows) or ssh-agent (openSSH) is active and has your key loaded.

Alternatively to using pagent/ssh-agent you can give your private to to FileZilla under preferences, but in this case your private key cannot be protected with a passphrase:
FileZilla - Settings

Once the configuration is done you can connect and will have a view similar to the following screenshot:
FileZilla
On this screenshot you might notice the red "Error" lines indicating a failed connection as happends when FileZilla does not find your private key or your public key has not yet been listed as authorized on the server.

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SSH access

Since 22 September 2009 it is possible to manage your site using SSH, in terminal/console mode but also as an FTP replacement (sftp).

In order to use SSH access you will have to provide your public key to helpdesk@restena.lu, taking care to indicate which site you need access to. In order to allow quick addition of the public key for SSH access, please let the contact person for the given site send it to us.

Caution, password based SSH access is not possible!

A few programs that support SSH are OpenSSH, Putty as well as some FTP clients including FileZilla.

Preparing your authentication keys

Warning, private keys must not be shared. If more than one person is maintaining the same website, each of them must generate their own key pair and send us their public through the contact person for the website!

Linux, MacOSX, Unix (openSSH)

If you are running one of these operating systems which normally include OpenSSH you can create you key pair as follows:

$ ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/myself/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh myself@localhost

Please send us the contents of the generated *.pub files while indicating the login for you webspace (just login, not password).

In order not to have to explicitly specify the key to use to connect to your webspace you can use ssh-agent or compatible to load your key once per OS session instead of once per connection. To load your key when ssh-agent is running (SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable is set)you can issue ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa and enter your passphrase to unlock the key.

Windows (PuTTY)

To generate a keypair, use PuTTYgen from PuTTY suite:
PuTTYgen - generate key pair PuTTYgen - save key pair

  • Left screenshot
  • Select SSH-2 RSA or SSH-2 DSA as type of key to generate
  • Specify a key size of 4096 bits
  • Launch key generation by clicking on "Generate" and move your mouse over the window to generate enough randomness for the key generation
  • Right screenshot
  • Please adjust the value of "Key comment" input field and enter a comment/name to assign to the key pair so you can better recognize it (e.g. <login>@hosting-restena.lu or your-website.lu)
  • Save both private and public keys using the respective buttons. You will need the private key later on!
  • Send us your public key as shown in the large text area above of the fingerprint field (it's a very long line)

To later use the key, the most convenient way is to run pagent (by default it's visible only through its icon in notification area - next to clock on your taskbar) and load your private key in pagent:
pagent

Connection with a SSH/SFTP client

Configuring FileZilla

In "File" menu, choose "Site Manager", then click on "New site" button (and assign a name of your choice to the new site configuration) and fill in "General" tab as show below while entering your login under "User:" and "<login>.hosting-restena.lu" under "Host:"
Site Manager

Once the site configuration is created you can either immeditaly connect or close the window with "OK" button. For the connection to work, make sure Püagent (Windows) or ssh-agent (openSSH) is active and has your key loaded.

Alternatively to using pagent/ssh-agent you can give your private to to FileZilla under preferences, but in this case your private key cannot be protected with a passphrase:
FileZilla - Settings

Once the configuration is done you can connect and will have a view similar to the following screenshot:
FileZilla
On this screenshot you might notice the red "Error" lines indicating a failed connection as happends when FileZilla does not find your private key or your public key has not yet been listed as authorized on the server.

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