Server Editor Account Setup

Preparing SSH key-pair

WindowsLinuxMac

Open Command Line by typing cmd in menu start or in WIN+R.

If GUI based, open Terminal from Applications/Utilities menu or usually CTRL+ALT+T key combination.

Look for Terminal in Applications/Utilities or type terminal in Search Spotlight.

Generate OpenSSH key

NOTE: Providing your personal info is not mandatory and not advised. Skip through questions with enter leaving them blank.

1. In terminal window type: ssh-keygen -b 4096
2. You will be asked to "Enter file in which to save the key". Press enter for default location. (Advanced Users can customise that to their own ability).
3. If you already have key in given location don't agree to Override (Skip to Account Setup and Verification section).
4. Set passphrase when asked to, this will encrypt your key and act as a password. (Not mandatory step but highly recommended.
5. On success you will see:

Your identification has been saved in .../.../username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in .../.../username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx username@hostname
The key's randomart image is

Proceed to Account Setup and Verification section.

Account Verification

NOTE: Private key id_rsa is your unique identity, this file should be kept secret and never shared with anyone. Public key from pair is stored in id_rsa.pub file. This will be used to setup ssh authentication.

Notify @🧰 Server Admin in #💠┃community-chat. Provide your id_rsa.pub key in direct message to admin handling your request.

While account is being set up head to PuTTY to prepare tunnel.

PuTTY Setup

Convert OpenSSH key to PPK

1. Download PuTTY Package for your system and install.
2. Open puttygen.exe from PuTTY installation directory.
3. Click File > Load private key.
4. Change type of browsed file in bottom right from PuTTY Private Key Files (*.ppk) to All Files (*.*) and select your private id_rsa key file.
5. Enter passphrase if asked to. On sucess you will see:

Successfully imported foreign key
OpenSSH SSH-2 private key (old PEM format)).
To use this key with PuTTY, you need to
use the "Save private key" command to
save it in PuTTY's own format.

1. Click Save private key.
2. Save as .ppk preferably in same directory as your OpenSSH key.

SSH Tunnel

1. Open PuTTY.
2. Expand SSH list on left panel.
3. In left panel expand Connection > SSH and click Auth.
4. Click Browse.
5. Select your converted .ppk private key. If you cant see Browse in Auth, expand it and click Credentials. Its first field Browse.
6. In SSH click Tunnels.
7. Set Source Port to server port.
8. Set Destination to `127.0.0.1:5432`.
9. Click Add.
10. In left panel click Session.
11. Set Host Name (or IP address) to server ip.
12. Set Port to 22.
13. In Saved Sessions field type in configuration name to store settings. For example RenewalSSH.
14. Click Save.

Alternatively if you don't plan to use PuTTY for anything else:

1. Click Default Settings.
2. Click Save.

After configuration is done use Open to start SSH session. When asked to "Login as", type in your given username, then passphrase. If you see -bash in last line then it works. If Tunnel is working you can proceed to Chakrator Save Manager Setup.

Terminal SSH

NOTE: If you can't use PuTTY or want to use terminal.

1. Open Terminal application on your system (refer to your platform).
2. Connect by typing ssh -L server_port:localhost:5432 username@server_ip where username is your account name.
3. If you set passphrase to your key, enter passphrase.

Chakratos Save Manager

1. Download Chakratos Save Manager referred to as CSM.
2. Browse to CSM directory after unpacking.
3. Open /www/config.sample.php with editor of choice, like notepad.
4. Change DBNAME, DBUSER and DBPASS to match values given by admin or editor access #📕┃ editor-guides / # setup.
5. Save.
6. Rename config.sample.php to config.php.
7. Go back to main folder and run phpdesktop-chrome.exe
8. Optionally create shortcut to it on your desktop.