SSH to Server#

Basic SSH connection
ssh username@hostname

SSH with specific port
ssh -p 2222 username@hostname

SSH to cloud server (example)
ssh ubuntu@server-ip-address

Common use cases:

• Replace username with your server username
• Replace hostname with either the server's domain name or IP address
• The -p flag allows you to specify a custom port when the server uses a non-standard SSH port (default is 22)
• Cloud providers often use specific usernames (like 'ubuntu' for Ubuntu instances on AWS)

Git SSH Clone#

Clone private repository
git clone git@github.com:username/private-repo.git

Clone with specific SSH key
git clone -c core.sshCommand="ssh -i ~/.ssh/specific_key" git@github.com:username/repo.git

Git SSH cloning tips:

• Replace username with your GitHub username
• Replace private-repo with your repository name
• Using SSH keys with Git requires adding your public key to your GitHub account
• The specific key option is useful when you have multiple SSH keys for different services