To install OpenSSH server on Ubuntu Linux, you can use the apt package manager. Here are the steps to do this:
- Open the terminal and update the package list by running the following command:
sudo apt update
- Install OpenSSH server by running the following command:
sudo apt install openssh-server
- Verify that the SSH service is running by checking its status:
sudo systemctl status ssh
- If the service is not running, you can start it by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start ssh
- To make sure that SSH service starts automatically at boot time, run the following command
sudo systemctl enable ssh
- To check the version of OpenSSH Server
ssh -V
- To configure the SSH server, you can edit the
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
file. This file contains various options for configuring the SSH server, such as setting the port number and disabling password authentication. - To connect to your server via SSH, you can use the ssh command from your local machine:
ssh user@server_ip
You can also use the ssh-copy-id command to setup the public key authentication. This will allow you to log in to your server without entering your password every time.