Solar-PuTTY is a free SSH Client and Connection Manager from SolarWinds. This allowed me to see what challenges you would face trying to download, install, configure, and use each one. I also wanted to help you narrow down your options so you can find the one that works for you and quit wasting time (and subsequently someone’s money) connecting to everything the long and repetitive way.įor my evaluation I installed each of top the SSH clients, setup a few connections, and used it for the afternoon. I wanted to test out several of the popular free, freemium, and paid SSH clients and terminal session managers available to see what the pros and cons of each were. Occasionally, I get the itch to see what all is out there in case there is some feature I didn’t know I couldn’t live without. Without a SSH connection manager you’ll be typing in addresses and credentials each and every time you need to connect to a host or SSH into a switch or router.įor me, using a good SSH client has been invaluable. Whether you’re a Linux Server SysAdmin or a Network Admin or Engineer you probably open more terminal sessions than anything else. If you need to store them in a file, you could try the method described in section 4.29.If you’re like me, you jump in and out of dozens of SSH connections a day. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions Saved sessions are stored in the Registry, at the location If you change your preferences and update Default Settings, you must also update every saved session separately. To delete a saved session: single-click to select the session name in the list box, and then press the ‘Delete’ button.Įach saved session is independent of the Default Settings configuration. To start a saved session immediately: double-click on the session name in the list box. To save ‘Default Settings’, you must single-click the name before saving. To save the new settings under a different name, you can enter the new name in the ‘Saved Sessions’ box, or single-click to select a session name in the list box to overwrite that session. The new settings will be saved over the top of the old ones. Come back to the Session panel, and press the ‘Save’ button.
To modify a saved session: first load it as described above. Your saved settings should all appear in the configuration panel. To reload a saved session: single-click to select the session name in the list box, and then press the ‘Load’ button. Settings changed since the start of the session will be saved with their current values as well as settings changed through the dialog, this includes changes in window size, window title changes sent by the server, and so on. You can also save settings in mid-session, from the ‘Change Settings’ dialog. Your saved session name should now appear in the list box. (The server name is often a good choice for a saved session name.) Then press the ‘Save’ button. Enter a name for the saved session in the ‘Saved Sessions’ input box. To save a session: first go through the rest of the configuration box setting up all the options you want. If there is a specific host you want to store the details of how to connect to, you should create a saved session, which will be separate from the Default Settings. Select the ‘ Default Settings’ entry in the saved sessions list, with a single click.
To save your default settings: first set up the settings the way you want them saved. A saved session contains all the information PuTTY needs to start exactly the session you want. It also allows you to create saved sessions, which contain a full set of configuration options plus a host name and protocol. The next part of the Session configuration panel allows you to save your preferred PuTTY options so they will appear automatically the next time you start PuTTY. Previous page next page 4.1.2 Loading and storing saved sessions