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# Connecting to your VPS

Once your VPS has done provisioning, go to Details.

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You'll now have to connect to your VPS. You can use PuTTY, Termius, or ssh. PuTTY is recommended for Windows while ssh is recommended for Linux and MacOS. For users who fancy a modern GUI, they can use Termius which is available on every OS.
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## PuTTY

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Instruction on how to instal PuTTY can be found in the [Install prerequisites](/installing-dependencies.md#putty) page.
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### Convert your SSH key into a PuTTY private Key

In order to convert your SSH key into a PuTTY compatible key, you'll have to open PuTTYgen (this can be found from the Windows search bar)

Once you are in PuTTYgen click "Load"

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Make sure you choose "All Files" then choose the SSH key you downloaded previously.<br>

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Finally click on "Save private key" and make sure you save it somewhere you can remember.

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### Import SSH key into PuTTY

To start, open the PuTTY application.

Go to Connection, then SSH, then click the + next to Auth, and finally, click on Credentials.

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Finally click on browse and select the SSH key you saved in the previous step using PuTTYgen

In order to connect to your VPS along with your SSH key you'll also need your instance's public IP and username. These can be found in the Details tab of your instance.

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Go to Session and paste your IP address into the Host Name field.

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Finally, click on "Open".

If this prompt appears, click on "Accept"

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When the login as: prompt appears, type your instance's username.

Once you have connected to your VPS, move over to [Installing dependencies](/installing-dependencies.md#on-the-vps)

## Termius

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Instructions on how to install Termius can be found in the [Install prerequisites](/installing-dependencies.md#termius) page.
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In order to connect to your VPS along with your SSH key you'll also need your instance's public IP and username. These can be found in the Details tab of your instance.

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Click on "Add" then "New host"

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Enter your IP address in the "Address" field.

Import your key by clicking "Set a key" then "Create a new key" and select the key you've downloaded from Oracle.

Enter your username and click on connect.

Once you have connected to your VPS, move over to [Installing dependencies](/installing-dependencies.md#on-the-vps)

## Linux/MacOS built in SSH client

In order to connect to your VPS along with your SSH key you'll also need your instance's public IP and username. These can be found in the Details tab of your instance.

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Connect to your VM by running:

```
sudo ssh -i /path/to/key username@server-ip
```

Once you have connected to your VPS, move over to [Installing dependencies](/installing-dependencies.md#on-the-vps)