How-to guides

Each guide is a recipe for one task. They assume you know your way around the app; if you are new, start with the Tutorials.

Install and move

• Install on Linux
• Install on Windows
• Turn on the update check
• Move to a new device
• Back up and restore

Hosts and connections

• Import hosts from ~/.ssh/config, PuTTY, MobaXterm, SecureCRT, CSV, Tailscale or AWS EC2
• Connect through jump hosts and proxies
• Forward a port
• Move files with SFTP
• Use Mosh
• Keep sessions alive on the phone

Keys and logins

• Use SSH keys
• Use an SSH agent (1Password, Bitwarden and others)
• Use SSH certificates (your own CA, Step CA, opkssh)
• Log in with a hardware security key (FIDO2)
• Sign in with a passkey

Work faster

• Save and run snippets
• Act on many hosts at once
• Use the command line (sternway-cli)
• Record and play back sessions

Sync and teams

• Sync through a folder (no account, no server)
• Set team policies and roles
• Export the audit log
• Set up single sign-on (SAML and OIDC)

Self-hosting

• Run the sync server

When something goes wrong

• Troubleshooting