Setting up a SSH server

What is this post about?

This is just a quick post to supplement another. Sorry, but there’s not really anything groundbreaking or new here.

Windows

I’m mainly just rehashing the official guide, which contains the instructions:

1. Open powershell
2. Install the ssh client

   Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
   

3. Install the ssh server

   Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
   

4. Start the server

   Start-Service sshd
   

5. Then enable it

   Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'
   

6. And optionally, open the firewall for ssh. This is not needed for tailscale if you are here from my remote desktop guide

   New-NetFirewallRule -Name sshd -DisplayName 'OpenSSH Server (sshd)' `
     -Enabled True -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -Action Allow -LocalPort 22
   

Linux

This will mainly depend on your distribution, but 9/10 times, OpenSSH can be installed via your package manager.

In the case of Ubuntu, this is simply:

sudo apt install openssh-server

Then, you only need to enable & start the service:

sudo systemctl enable ssh --now

And you’re done!