{"id":2832,"date":"2013-09-12T15:29:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T15:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/09\/12\/shared-reseller-ssh\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:44:01","slug":"shared-reseller-ssh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/ssh\/shared-reseller-ssh\/","title":{"rendered":"How to SSH Into Your Shared\/Reseller Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SSH-Into-Server-SharedReseller-1024x538.png\" alt=\"How to SSH into your Shared\/Reseller Server\" class=\"wp-image-75614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SSH-Into-Server-SharedReseller-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SSH-Into-Server-SharedReseller-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SSH-Into-Server-SharedReseller-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SSH-Into-Server-SharedReseller.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using a <a href=\"\/shared-hosting\">shared hosting<\/a> or <a href=\"\/reseller-hosting\">reseller hosting<\/a> account, this guide shows you how to connect to an individual cPanel account via SSH using a client such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/download.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PuTTY<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#video\">How to Connect to your Server with SSH (Video)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#generate-key\">How to Generate an SSH Key<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#authorize\">How to Authorize an SSH Key<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#convert\">Convert and Download the SSH Key<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#putty\">SSH using PuTTY<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#terminal\">For Basic Terminal Emulators<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"video\">Video: How to Connect to your Server with SSH<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"imh-youtube-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1LwNQ35w2MA\" title=\"How to Connect to your Server with SSH\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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color: initial;\">, then click in the field below it and type the password again.<\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"363\" class=\"wp-image-12337\" style=\"width: 375px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/newPaperLantern_cmNewPaper_21.png\" alt=\"creating a key\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/newPaperLantern_cmNewPaper_21.png 611w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/newPaperLantern_cmNewPaper_21-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong style=\"color: initial;\">Generate Key<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">, then you will see a <\/span><em style=\"color: initial;\">Key Generation Complete!<\/em><span style=\"color: initial;\"> message.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"authorize\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"authorize\">How to Authorize an SSH Key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have generated the SSH Key, it needs to be <strong>Authorized<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Login to the cPanel<\/a> that you want to connect to using SSH.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <em>Security<\/em> click <strong>SSH Access<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Manage SSH Keys<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the next screen, locate the key you just created under the <strong>Public Keys<\/strong> section. Click <strong>Manage<\/strong> (under the <i>Actions<\/i> column) next to your new key.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will see a message stating:\u201d<em>The key with the name \u201cid_dsa\u201d is currently \u201c<b>not authorized<\/b>\u201d for use when connecting to this account.<\/em>Click <strong>Authorize<\/strong>. You will then see a message stating:<em>The key \u201cid_dsa.pub\u201d has been authorized.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"convert\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"convert\">Convert and Download the SSH Key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Login to the cPanel<\/a> that you want to connect to using SSH.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <em>Security<\/em> click <strong>SSH Access<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Manage SSH Keys<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <em>Private Keys<\/em> click <strong>View\/Download<\/strong> next to the Private key you want to use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the next screen, scroll down to the <em>Convert the \u201cid_dsa\u201d key to PPK format:<\/em> section. Enter the passphrase used to generate the SSH key in the <strong>Enter the passphrase to unlock the \u201cid_dsa\u201d key for conversion:<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Download Key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-danger\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you have converted the key to PPK format using cPanel, make sure to review the <strong>PuTTy-User-Key-File version<\/strong> that it has been converted to. You will see it in the first line when you convert the key (as per the screenshot below). Some FTP clients are unable to use the PuTTy_user-Key-File-3 version. The version that is converted will vary based on the cPanel version that you are using. Build 94 and older will use the older formats (version 1 and 2). FileZilla is noted for not supporting version 3 of the PPK file. You can use another FTP client to avoid this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ppk-conversion-1.jpg\" alt=\"View or Download SSH Key\" class=\"wp-image-92914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ppk-conversion-1.jpg 916w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ppk-conversion-1-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ppk-conversion-1-768x380.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"putty\">SSH Using PuTTY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li class=\"article_list\">Open PuTTY, under <em>Connection<\/em> click <strong>SSH<\/strong>, then <strong>Auth<\/strong>.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_putty-auth.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_putty-auth.png\" alt=\"authorizing putty\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_putty-auth.png 462w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_putty-auth-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a> <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Browse<\/strong> under <em>Private key file for authentication<\/em>, then select the private key you downloaded in the last section. Click <strong>Open<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Session<\/strong> and under <em>port<\/em> enter: <strong>2222<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the <em>Host Name<\/em>, enter your domain name or <a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-find-your-shared-ip-address-of-your-server-in-cpanel\/\">shared IP<\/a> address, then click <strong>Open<\/strong> to connect. If you see a <em>PuTTY Security Alert<\/em>, click <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ssh_putty-security-alert.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Confirming PuTTY Security Alert\" width=\"425\" height=\"305\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ssh_putty-security-alert.png\" alt=\"Host key is not cached message\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ssh_putty-security-alert.png 425w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ssh_putty-security-alert-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a> <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will see \u201c<em>Login As<\/em>\u201c. Enter your <a href=\"\/support\/security\/what-is-my-username-and-password\/#cpanel\">cPanel username<\/a> and then hit Enter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the password for your key file and hit <strong>Enter<\/strong>. For security reasons, PuTTY will not show anything when you type your password, this is normal. You will then be logged into your account via SSH.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, now you know how to connect to a Shared server or Reseller cPanel account using SSH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"terminal\">For Basic Terminal Emulators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are not using PuTTY, and you wish to SSH into your server from any terminal editor, all you need to do is download your keys (as seen above) and use the private key in your terminal emulator, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ssh -p 2222 -i path\/to\/private_key userna5@12.34.56.78<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to substitute the proper path to your private key and use your proper cPanel username and shared IP address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to type all of those options into your terminal every time you connect, you can use a local SSH configuration file to simplify it. You just need to create a file called \u201cconfig\u201d in the local <code>.ssh<\/code> directory (<code>.ssh\/config<\/code>).  Once you have done that, you can name the connection and associate values with it, as in the example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Host <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">imh<\/span>\n        User <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">userna5<\/span>\n\tHostname <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">example.com<\/span>\n\tPort 2222\n\tIdentityFile ~\/.ssh\/<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">id_rsa<\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you were to use the example above, replacing the example values with your own real values, you would only need to type the following at the terminal prompt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ssh imh<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>And you will be instantly connected to your server over SSH.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\">Provide hosting services to your clients using your own brand. 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