Connecting to Your Breeze via SSH

Prerequisites

• Your Breeze IP address (found in the portal dashboard)
• Your root password (set during deployment) or an SSH key
• An SSH client (built into macOS/Linux, use PuTTY on Windows)

Connect from macOS or Linux

ssh root@YOUR_IP

If using a custom SSH key:

ssh -i ~/.ssh/your_key root@YOUR_IP

Connect from Windows

Using PowerShell (Windows 10+)

ssh root@YOUR_IP

Using PuTTY

1. Download PuTTY from the official website
2. Enter your Breeze IP in the Host Name field
3. Port: 22
4. Connection type: SSH
5. Click Open
6. Login as: root
7. Enter your password

First-Time Connection

On your first connection, you will see a fingerprint warning:

The authenticity of host '198.48.63.241' can't be established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:xxxx...
Are you sure you want to continue connecting? yes

Type yes to add the server to your known hosts.

First Steps After Login

1. Update the system: apt update && apt upgrade -y
2. Set the timezone: timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago
3. Create a non-root user: adduser deploy && usermod -aG sudo deploy

Troubleshooting