Configuring PuTTY

Connection and auth configuration

Host name: bitnami@<domain name> (or IP address if no domain is there), for servers using Bitnami images. Port 22.

Config -> Connection -> SSH -> Auth -> set PPK file for authentication (if you have a PEM key, as is the case when using a key from the Lightsail console, then you can convert it to PPK format in PuTTYgen).

Config -> Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels -> forward a source port of your choice (e.g. 8888, 8887, etc) to localhost:80, required to connect to phpMyAdmin from local machine. Make sure each of your saved PuTTY sessions uses a different source port to avoid accidental conflicts. You can then use localhost:<source port>, e.g. with /phpMyAdmin.

Configuring the terminal window

Setting the window title

Window -> Behaviour -> Set window title to whatever you want, e.g. the name of the saved session. Useful for easily distinguishing different terminal windows.

Terminal -> Features -> Enable "Disable remote-controlled window title changing". Otherwise the remote server will overwrite your custom window title.