In this guide, we will show you the first steps in managing a newly install Linux (Debian) operating system.
A Linux server lacks the graphical user interface (GUI) you are us to from desktop operating systems. You don’t ne it for your work and you can set everything up via the terminal.
Connecting to the server
The connection to the server takes place via the SSH protocol . You connect to the server using the access data of the administrator, which you receiv from the provider (applies to the so-call Housing, when you have full control over the server). If you’re connecting from Linux or Mac OS, you don’t ne a client to SSH and can connect directly from the terminal. Windows users must get an SSH client, and we recommend the most us one – PuTTy . On the server side, commands are convert into actions in the so-call shell; zonercloud uses the Bourne-Again shell (bash) interface, which is the most widely us.
In the (emulator) terminal, you connect to the server with the command . In PuTTy, you just fill in the IP address and the login is already in progress to the remote server terminal. Don’t be fool by the fact that you don’t see any characters when entering your crentials on Linux. It is an intentional security restriction so that the enter password cannot be seen on the screen (nor the number poland phone number data of characters). You can also copy the password and paste it into the terminal by clicking the right button (or Ctrl+Shift+V).
It is necessary to realize
you are working on the server as Root , i.e. a user with absolute rights. Think especially to increase the trust carefully about each command you enter, because you are not limit in any way and the server will execute all commands immiately. Responsibility cmo email list is in place here, and we do not recommend mindlessly entering commands whose meaning you do not know.