Issue with rails/ssh/putty

[mattfugitive]

Ok so I know someone had to have gotten hostmonster to work with rails. Here's what I am trying to do..

I have a previously created rails app. "I know how to use rails so save the tutorials on how to install and setup and build a rails app" I want to upload my created rails app to my server... simple right?!

How do I go about doing that? I heard I need to have SSH access which I do, and that I need to connect to it using putty which is either not working at all or is not configured properly.

Now I am a noob to connecting to SSH with putty but I am NOT a noob using the shell or using rails.

All I am looking for is a bit of help. This is to show at Railsconf and to be used for an internship I'm working on. And I switched to Hostmonstter FOR the rails support, which I have yet to see any of.

If anyone has a better solution as to uploading a previously made rails application, please let me know.

Thank You

[r2b2]

When you say SSH access, just wanting to confirm that you mean that you have forwarded a photo ID to Hostmonster and they have added SSH access to your account?

If so, Putty should work out of the box - just put the Hostname in and you're away...

You may also want to consider your tone in future posts - you have come across very aggressive which, considering this is a user-to-user forum, is likely to get your post ignored by people...

[mattfugitive]

I apologize if my tone came across harsh. I didn't intend it too. It's just been beating me senselessly the last 72 hours. And yes I did turn in a copy of my ID.

I created a SSH key with a username and pass and once the shell window comes up it asks for me to login and I enter my user and pass and it says access denied. I did authorize that SSH key. What am I missing?

[sjlplat]

I actually ran into this problem myself. The only workaround I've been able to use successfully is to connect to the server with WinSCP, then connect with PuTTy through WinSCP. I can't explain why it works, but it does! :)

[r2b2]

Sorry missed the reply - I've never had any problems. Are you trying to authenticate using a key or are you supplying the username and password in the Putty window?

I simply put the username and password in and it works first time for me...

(Not too technical in the SSH space so not sure of the correct terminology!)

[spaceghost]

Remember your user name for ssh access is the first 8 letters of your domain coupled with your site password