{"id":11834,"date":"2024-03-14T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-ssh-port-in-centos\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:44:08","slug":"how-to-change-the-ssh-port-in-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-ssh-port-in-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"Change SSH Port CentOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To change the SSH port on CentOS, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect to the CentOS server using SSH.<\/li>\n<li>Open the SSH configuration file using a text editor like vi or nano. In most cases, the SSH configuration file can be found at \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>sudo vi \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>In the open configuration file, locate the &#8220;Port&#8221; line. Change it to the new port number you want. 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