Create SSH configurations

In the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) , go to Tools | SSH Configurations.

In the left-hand pane that lists all the existing SSH configurations, click .

Use the Visible only for this project checkbox to enable reuse of this server access configuration in other projects.

• Select the checkbox to restrict the use of the SSH configuration to the current project. Such SSH configuration cannot be reused outside the current project. It does not appear in the list of available configurations in other projects.

  The SSH configurations are stored in the .idea directory together with the project, which allows sharing them between team members through a VCS.

• When the checkbox is cleared, the SSH configuration is visible in all PhpStorm projects. Its settings can be reused across several projects.

In the Host, User name, and Port fields, specify the connection parameters. If necessary, you can provide the outgoing port in the Local port field. Otherwise, the port is selected automatically.

Choose the way to authenticate to the server. Do one of the following:

• Password: Access the host with a password. To save the password in PhpStorm, select the Save password checkbox.

• Key pair (OpenSSH or PuTTY): Use SSH authentication with a key pair. To apply this authentication method, you must have a private key on the client machine and a public key on the remote server. PhpStorm supports private keys that are generated with the OpenSSH utility.

  Specify the path to the file where your private key is stored and type the passphrase (if any) in the corresponding fields. To have PhpStorm remember the passphrase, select the Save passphrase checkbox.

• OpenSSH config and authentication agent: Use a credentials helper application that manages your SSH keys, such as ssh-agent.

For more information about working with SSH keys, refer to the Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent tutorial.

If you select the OpenSSH config options, PhpStorm parsers OpenSSH directives recorded in SSH config file: /etc/ssh/ssh_config > and ~/.ssh/config on Linux and macOS, or C:\Users\<username>\.ssh\config on Windows. PhpStorm supports a limited set of OpenSSH directives.

Click the Test Connection button to make sure that the settings are correct and PhpStorm can connect to the target server.