WardtermSSH client
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Getting started

Get started with the Wardterm SSH client: install the app, add your first server, check the fingerprint of its host key and connect over SSH.

Install

  1. Download Wardterm for your Mac from the download page, or get it from the App Store on iPhone or iPad. The install guide has the details.
  2. Open it and create your account with Apple, Google or your email, or sign in.
  3. Choose a vault password and save the recovery kit.

Add a server

  1. Choose New server. On iPhone, choose + in Servers first.
  2. Enter the address, then the user name. Change the port if the server does not use 22.
  3. Add a password or a key, or leave them empty to be asked when you connect.
  4. Save. The server appears in the list.

Already have an ~/.ssh/config file? Import it instead.

Connect for the first time

Open the server. The app shows the fingerprint of the server's host key. Compare it with the one from your server administrator, for example the output of this command on the server:

ssh-keygen -lf /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub

After you accept, the key is saved in Fingerprints. If that key changes later, the app stops the connection and tells you. Read more in Server fingerprints.

Next steps