Hostnet SSD servers use publicly available Cloud templates. To connect to an instance launched from such a template, you need to use a private SSH key. The SSH key is generated when the instance is created and can be downloaded from the payments.hostnet.lv system, in the "Services" → "Options" section, by clicking on "Download Private Key".
!!! When downloading the key, the key will be deleted in the Hostnet system and it will not be possible to generate a new one!
To connect to an instance with a key, this can be done with the following command on Mac and Linux workstations:
$ ssh -i path_to_key root@server_ip_address
For instance:
$ ssh -i 1825_private.rsa root@89.111.34.234
Some templates do not allow you to connect using the root user, if this happens, a message similar to our example with the CentOS system will appear:
Please login as the user "centos" or "ubuntu" rather than the user "root". To connect, use the user shown in the notification:
$ ssh -i 1825_private.rsa centos@89.111.34.234
In order to connect from Windows systems using putty, you will have to regenerate the RSA key to one understood by putty, you can see how to do it here: http://www.electrictoolbox.com/PuTTY-rsa-dsa-keys/
