How can I enable SSH on Windows?
To enable SSH service on Windows, you can follow these steps:
- Open the Control Panel: You can find and open the Control Panel by searching for “Control Panel” in the search bar of the Start menu.
- In the control panel, select “Programs” and then click “Turn Windows features on or off”.
- In the pop-up dialog box, locate the “OpenSSH Server” option and check it.
- After clicking “OK,” Windows will install and enable the SSH server.
- To access the advanced security settings of the Windows Firewall, you can search for “Windows Firewall” in the search bar of the Start menu and open the Windows Firewall settings.
- In the Windows Firewall settings, select “Inbound Rules” and then click on “New Rule”.
- In the new rule wizard, select “Port” and then click “Next”.
- In the port rule, select “specific local port”, then enter “22” as the port number for the SSH server, and click “Next”.
- In the operating rules, select “allow connection” and then click “next”.
- In the configuration file, select all applicable configuration files and click “Next”.
- Enter the name of the rule in the designated field (for example, “SSH”) and then click “Finish”.
- Your Windows computer now has the SSH service enabled and can be connected to using an SSH client.
Please note that if you are using an early version of Windows 10, you may need to update to a newer version in order to use the built-in OpenSSH server feature.