Connecting to a PBX using an SSH client

  1. Download the program to connect via SSH. This can be done on the official website at the link

  2. Run the downloaded program. The main menu will open for you.

  1. Go to the "Connection" - "Data" section

  1. "Auto-login username" specify root

"Terminal-tipe string" specify xterm-256color

  1. Go to the "Translation" section

  1. «Remote character set» - specify UTF-8

    Set the flag «Enable VT100 line drawing even in UTF-8 mode»

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

  1. Go to the "Session" section

  1. 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

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

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

  1. 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"

  1. After entering the SSH password, the PBX menu will open

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

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