Connecting to PBX using SSH client (Putty)
This tutorial will describe how to connect via SSH using Putty
Download the program to connect via SSH. This can be done on the official website at the link
Run the downloaded program. The main menu will open for you.

Go to the "Connection" - "Data" section

"Auto-login username" specify root
"Terminal-tipe string" specify xterm-256color

Go to the "Translation" section

«Remote character set» - specify UTF-8
Set the flag «Enable VT100 line drawing even in UTF-8 mode»

Go to the section "Session" - "Logging". Here you can configure saving the output to a file:

Go to the "Session" section

Required data:
Host Name (or IP address) — IP address of the PBX
Port — port for SSH connection by default 22
Enter the session name and save its settings

In the future, use the "Load" action to use the previously saved session

Perform the "Open" action to connect to the PBX and enter the SSH password

Before connecting, you need to allow password authorization in the MikoPBX web interface, as well as set a password for connection: to do this, go to "General Settings" -> "SSH"

After entering the SSH password, the PBX menu will open

To open the console, go to "[9] Console(Shell)"

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