Basics

Basic connection (to get a remote shell)

1. Verify that SSH is running on the server

   • Refer to the section on sshd

2. Retrieve a remote shell

$ ssh -i [identity_file] user@server

# eg. Connect to server address 10.10.10.10 using a key stored 
# in key.pm for the user jarrett
$ ssh -i key.pem jarrett@10.10.10.10

-i identity_file

Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read.

Execute remote commands on the SSH server

# basic command
$ ssh user@server command1
$ ssh user@server 'command2'

Other common flags

1. -p Specifies which port to connect to (default is 22)

ssh(1) - Linux manual page

How To Run / Execute Command Using SSHnixCraft