SSH Essentials
Connecting to a Remote Server through SSH SSH (Secured Shell) is a program for accessing and managing remote machines. It is intended to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. In this article, we will refer to the machine initiating the SSH connection as the local or client system and the device on the receiving end as the server or remote machine. Note that the installation commands may be different based on the system you are running. Nevertheless, it should be easy to tweak these commands on Linux and MacOS. Install an OpenSSH Client on the Local Machine Check if the SSH client is installed by running ssh on the terminal. If the OpenSSH client is not installed, you can install it using the line 1 sudo apt install openssh-client Install an OpenSSH Server on the Remote System Check if OpenSSH Server is installed by running ssh localhost. ...