Connecting to a device

You can establish an SSH connection to a device from the Devices page.

Tip

For more information about other connection methods, see Alternate connection method section below.

From Devices page, choose the device you wish to connect to and click on terminal icon.

A dialog will pop up prompting you for the username and password of an existing user on the device's operating system. After providing credentials, click on Connect button.

Alternate connection method

ShellHub is compatible with any SSH client that supports a minimum of SSH version 2.0.

Command line SSH Client

To connect to your device using a command line SSH client, you need to know its SSHID address.

From Devices page, choose the device you want to connect to and copy the device's SSHID address.

Then, run the following command on your terminal:

ssh <USER>@<SSHID>

Make sure to replace <USER> with the existing user on the device's operating system and <SSHID> with the SSHID copied before.

Desktop and mobile GUI SSH Client

Connecting to your device using a GUI SSH client also requires its SSHID address.

From Devices page, choose the device you want to connect to and copy the device's SSHID address.

PuTTY instructions

Open Putty and fill in with the following information:

Field	Value
Host Name (or IP address)	<USER>@<SSHID>
Port	22
Connection type	SSH

Make sure to replace <USER> with the existing user on the device's operating system and <SSHID> with the SSHID copied before.

JuiceSSH instructions

Open JuiceSSH, click on Quick Connect button and enter following address:

<USER>@<SSHID>

Make sure to replace <USER> with the existing user on the device's operating system and <SSHID> with the SSHID copied before.