Using SSH for Individual Sites

Step 1: 

Get your SFTP credentials from the Users tab for the site to which you want to connect. 

Note: You must click the password regenerate icon to set an initial SFTP password or you will get a connection error.

Step 2: 

From your terminal client use the following syntax to connect. Please be sure to replace [username] with your own SFTP username from the Users tab.

ssh [username]@ssh.atomicsites.net

When prompted enter your SFTP password

Step 3:

Once you are connected you can use SSH and WP CLI commands. 

It is possible to quickly and permanently alter or delete data via SSH. While you can restore using our automated backup and restore tool it’s possible that you may lose data or changes made since the last backup was taken. 

For this reason, we strongly recommend taking a manual backup before making changes via SSH. Placing these files in your /tmp directory will prevent them from being accessible from the web.

To take a database backup:

cd /tmp
wp db export

To take a site files backup (replace [additional info] with the date or another useful identifier):

cd /tmp
tar -czvf sitefiles[additional info].tar.gz /htdocs/wp-content

To remove a backup file once you no longer need it:

cd /tmp
rm [name of file]

• WP CLI commands
• Jetpack CLI commands
• SSH commands

What if I need to SSH into multiple sites?

Because ssh users exist on a per-site, not a per-account basis, you will need different credentials for each site. You can automate getting SFTP user credentials with the Pressable API.