Installing the ssh package-SSH server and client

To enable SSH server and SSL client, install the ssh package using the apt command.

# SSH server and SSH client installation
sudo apt install -y ssh

This is an open source project that includes an SSH client and SSH server called OpenSSH.

Install the SSH server and client if they are not installed by default.

You can also install the SSH server and SSH client separately.

# SSH client
sudo apt install -y ssh openssh-client

# SSH server
sudo apt install -y ssh openssh-server

Confirm that the ssh command has been installed

Make sure you have the ssh command installed.

ssh --help

Confirm that the ssh server is installed

Confirm that the ssh server is installed with the systemctl command. Execute with administrator privileges with sudo.

sudo systemctl status ssh

If it says active, the installation is successful and the SSH server is up.

● ssh.service --OpenBSD Secure Shell server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enab
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-06-05 10:27:15 JST; 2 days ago

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