Usage of Bitvise SSH Client

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Bitvise is flexible SSH Client for Windows which includes state of the art terminal emulation, graphical as well as command-line SFTP support, an FTP-to-SFTP and more.

Getting Bitvise SSH Client

Download the latest release from the official page and install it.

Configuring Bitvise SSH Client

Version 8.34 or higher is supported

Open the program and follow these steps:

Step 1: Fill in target frontend address (list of frontends is avalaible here)

Step 2: Fill in your MetaCentrum username.

Step 3: Select password as the initial method, check in store encrypted password in profile and fill in your MetaCentrum password.

Click Login, two windows should appear: Terminal window and FileManager with local and remote files.