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To participate in this exercise, you should have received SSH credentials. If you haven't, please contact [email protected] for assistance with initial configuration.

In this exercise, you will be connecting to a server hosting a development environment for you. This guide will walk through how to connect to this server to make changes, view the changes in your browser, and provide instructions for configuring your FTP client if needed.

If you would prefer to set up and use your own development environment, you can see the project requirements and installation steps.

Your environment

Hostname: <username>.sandbox.baseplatform.io

Connecting

You can connect to your environment using SSH with the username and password provided.

Making changes

Once connected, you can use vim or nano to edit files. If you would prefer to use an FTP client to upload changes, you can find configuration instructions here. Your FTP client must be capable of SFTP (FTP over SSH), or use one of the recommended clients for your platform.

Previewing changes

You can view your instance of the application by visiting the hostname above in your browser (replacing <username> with your provided username.

Committing changes

To commit a change, use the command-line git application.

• To see what files are changed, execute git status.
• To see what is changed, execute git diff[ filename].
• To add a file to be committed, execute git add <filename>.
• To commit your changes, execute git commit -m '<message>'.
• To push your changes to your repository, execute git push.