Connection via SSH Clients

This section describes how to connect SSH through third-party clients.

Connecting via Access Gateway

Command Line

1. Open the terminal.

2. Enter the connection string for SSH Proxy or Balancer. You can use IP address or DNS.

   ssh axidianproxy

   If necessary, specify the user and port.

   ssh user@axidianproxy -p 2222

3. Enter password and TOTP.

4. Select the resource you want to connect to.

PuTTY

1. Open PuTTY.
2. In the Host Name (or IP address) field, enter the DNS or IP address of the SSH Proxy or the Balancer. If necessary, specify the port in the Port field.
3. Click Open.
4. Enter username, password and TOTP.
5. Select the resource you want to connect to.

MobaXterm

MobaXterm Configuring

In Mobaxterm versions below 23.0, you need to disable Fix connection issues. To do so, proceed as follows:

1. Go to Settings → Configuration → SSH.
2. Uncheck the Fix connection issues option.
3. Save.

Connecting via Access Gateway

1. Open MobaXterm.
2. Create a connection via Sessions.
3. Select SSH.
4. In Remote host, enter the DNS or IP address of the SSH Proxy or the Balancer.
5. Check the Specify username option.
6. Enter the username.
7. Click OK.
8. Enter password and TOTP.
9. Select the resource you want to connect to.

SecureCRT

1. Open SecureCRT.
2. Open connection window.
3. In the Protocol: dropdown list select SSH2.
4. In the Hostname: field, enter the DNS or IP address of the SSH Proxy or the Balancer.
5. Enter the username.
6. Click Connect.
7. Enter the password and TOTP.
8. Select the resource you want to connect to.

Connecting to a Specific Resource

Command Line

1. In the user console, next to the SSH resource, click Copy. This will copy to the clipboard the SSH connecting command to this resource.
2. Paste the copied line into the terminal.
3. Enter password and TOTP.

PuTTY

1. In the user console, next to the SSH resource, click Copy. This will copy to the clipboard the SSH connecting command to this resource.
2. Open PuTTY.
3. Paste the copied line into the Host Name (or IP address) field. Remove quotation marks from the field.
4. Click Open.
5. Enter password and TOTP.

MobaXterm

1. Open MobaXterm.
2. Create a connection via Sessions.
3. Select SSH.
4. In Remote host, enter the DNS or IP address of the SSH Proxy or the Balancer.
5. Check the Specify username option.
6. Enter the username. You can specify it in the format: [user-name]#[resource]#[account-name]#[reason]@[proxy-address].
   For example:

   VDD\alex.shushkin#cent9en.vdd.com#CENT9EN\local##
7. Click OK.
8. Enter password and TOTP.

SecureCRT

1. Open SecureCRT.
2. Open connection window.
3. In the Protocol: dropdown list select SSH2.
4. In the Hostname: field, enter the DNS or IP address of the SSH Proxy or the Balancer.
5. Enter the username. You can specify it in the format: [user-name]#[resource]#[account-name]#[reason]@[proxy-address].
   For example,

   VDD\alex.shushkin#cent9en.vdd.com#CENT9EN\local##
6. Click Connect.
7. Enter the password and TOTP.