{"id":5160,"date":"2026-01-07T14:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=5160"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:30:15","slug":"access-linux-vps-using-finalshell","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/access-linux-vps-using-finalshell","title":{"rendered":"FinalShell Complete Guide: How to Easily Access Your Linux VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article explains how to connect and access your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\">Linux VPS<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostbuf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FinalShell<\/a> via SSH.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1: Open FinalShell<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Launch FinalShell on your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) In the left panel, right-click on the folder icon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-300x228.png\" alt=\"How to Access Your Linux VPS using FinalShell?\" width=\"617\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-1024x778.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-768x583.png 768w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-370x281.png 370w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-800x608.png 800w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705-390x296.png 390w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102705.png 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click New Connection<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102752-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102752-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102752-370x159.png 370w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102752-390x168.png 390w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102752.png 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select SSH connection (Linux)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102802-300x93.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102802-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102802-370x115.png 370w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102802-390x121.png 390w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102802.png 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2: Create a New SSH Connection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the New Connection windows, please enter:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: you can enter any name (e.g. VPS 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Host<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Enter your VPS IP address<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Port Number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 22 (default SSH port)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Method:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> password<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter your username (default: root) and your password<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then click <\/span><b>OK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102813-300x268.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102813-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102813-370x330.png 370w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102813-390x348.png 390w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102813.png 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, click on the name created for your VPS just now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102934-1-300x111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102934-1-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102934-1-370x136.png 370w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102934-1-390x144.png 390w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-102934-1.png 659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3: Successful Connection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once connected, you will see a terminal window. Show:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>[root@hostname ~]#<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means your VPS is now accessible and ready to use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains how to connect and access your Linux VPS using FinalShell via SSH. Step 1: Open FinalShell 1) Launch FinalShell on your computer. 2) In the left panel, right-click on the folder icon 3) Click New Connection 4) Select SSH connection (Linux) Step 2: Create a New SSH Connection In the New Connection windows, please enter: Name: you&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[50],"kbtag":[1580,1579],"class_list":["post-5160","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-how-to","kbtag-finalshell","kbtag-linux-vps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/5160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5160"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/5160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6199,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/5160\/revisions\/6199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=5160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}