{"id":27952,"date":"2024-03-16T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T09:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-enable-ssh-on-windows\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:16:45","slug":"how-can-i-enable-ssh-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-enable-ssh-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I enable SSH on Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To enable SSH service on Windows, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. 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.<\/li>\n
  2. In the control panel, select “Programs” and then click “Turn Windows features on or off”.<\/li>\n
  3. In the pop-up dialog box, locate the “OpenSSH Server” option and check it.<\/li>\n
  4. After clicking “OK,” Windows will install and enable the SSH server.<\/li>\n
  5. 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.<\/li>\n
  6. In the Windows Firewall settings, select “Inbound Rules” and then click on “New Rule”.<\/li>\n
  7. In the new rule wizard, select “Port” and then click “Next”.<\/li>\n
  8. In the port rule, select “specific local port”, then enter “22” as the port number for the SSH server, and click “Next”.<\/li>\n
  9. In the operating rules, select “allow connection” and then click “next”.<\/li>\n
  10. In the configuration file, select all applicable configuration files and click “Next”.<\/li>\n
  11. Enter the name of the rule in the designated field (for example, “SSH”) and then click “Finish”.<\/li>\n
  12. Your Windows computer now has the SSH service enabled and can be connected to using an SSH client.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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