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Logging in

ssh -p 2222 <user>@mbox.blue

Detaching

To detach from your box press ^p^q (CTRL + p, CTRL + q).

This will detach your terminal from the running box and leave whatever process was running to continue in the background (without a controlling terminal).

Re-attaching

To re-attach to your detached box, run the following:

ssh -p 2222 user@mbox.blue attach

Depending on your SSH client you may see the following error:

the input device is not a TTY

In which case pass the -t option to SSH when re-attaching:

ssh -t -p 2222 user@mbox.blue attach

💡 Alternatively consider using tmux in your box. It is a much more powerful terminal-based window manager!

Killing your box

To shutdown or kill your box (for example to upgrade to the newest version):

1. Detach from your existing box: ^p^q
2. SSH back in and kill all processes: kill -9 -1
3. Wait 5m for the reaper to remove the box

Other Commands

The following is a list of other special commands that can be used when logging into your box or to help manage its life-cycle:

• attach – Attach to an existing detachex box.
• destroy – Destroy an existing detached or no-longer running box (1)

1️⃣ Note that the reaper will automatically cleanup old no-longer running boxes every 5m.

💡 Most commands can be shortended to their first letter. e.g: a for attach.