MobaXterm is an ultimate toolbox for remote computing. In a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion.
MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) and Unix commands (bash, ls, cat, sed, grep, awk, rsync, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.
This tutorial covers how to use MobaXterm to connect via SSH to Ubuntu server in very simple steps.
Prerequisites
- A running Ubuntu server.
- Public/External IP Address of server.
- A private SSH key to access server.
- MobaXterm software.
Step 1: Download MobaXterm
You can download MobaXterm from this link: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html
Install and run MobaXterm.
To establish SSH connection, from menu, click on Sessions, then select SSH from Session settings window.
Next:
- Enter public/external IP Address in Remote host field;
- Check Specify username and enter the name of server (e.g. ubuntu if your vps in Oracle cloud);
- Select Advanced SSH settings, select Use private key and browse to the location of private SSH key, then click OK.
MobaXterm will create a session to access the remote server.
From the command line, you can enter htop to show a full list of running processes, as well as resource information about CPU, memory, and swap.
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