Create a CHRoot access to access your service via console

This type of access creates a user with root privileges (with some limitations) via console or SSH. With this CHRoot user, you can perform actions such as a manual migration directly on the service or manage the website's folders and directories via console. An action you can execute is, for example, unzipping a .zip file of a website previously uploaded via FTP.

To activate access, first go to the service Dashboard. In the top search bar of your SWPanel, search for the name of the corresponding service and access it by clicking on its name:

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From the service Dashboard, look for the 'Available improvements' option, 'SSH/CHRoot Access':

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You will be asked to enter a secure password for access; you can enter one manually or click the automatic password generation button. We will click the auto-generate password button. Once entered, we click 'Yes, activate':

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Once activated, it will look as follows from the Dashboard:

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Change access password

We can change the access password again by clicking the lock-shaped button:

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