{"id":8524,"date":"2024-11-12T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=8524"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:07","slug":"enable-openssh-on-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/enable-openssh-on-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable OpenSSH on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenSSH is now included with Windows 10 <em>(as of October 2018)<\/em>. Depending on your version of Windows, the feature may or may not be installed by default.<\/p>\n<h4>Step 1: Check if SSH is enabled<\/h4>\n<p>To check if SSH is enabled on your system, open a command prompt and end the command <code>ssh<\/code>. If it provides you with help for using SSH, it is already enabled! You should be able to follow the Linux instructions using the <code>ssh-keygen<\/code> command from the command prompt.<\/p>\n<h4>Step 2: Enable the SSH client<\/h4>\n<p>SSH is considered an optional feature of Windows and may not be installed by default. To enable it, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open your settings<\/li>\n<li>Go to <em>Apps &gt; Apps and Features &gt; Manage Optional Features<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Check the list to see if &#8220;OpenSSH Client&#8221; is already enabled<\/li>\n<li>If you do not see &#8220;OpenSSH Client&#8221;, click <em>Add a Feature<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Find OpenSSH Client in the list of features and click <em>Install<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You should now see OpenSSH Client in your list of features and be able to run the <code>ssh-keygen<\/code> command similar to the Linux instructions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you do not see OpenSSH Client as an available optional feature, your version of Windows 10 may not support it. Instead of OpenSSH, you can use PuTTYgen to generate your <strong>.ppk<\/strong> file and then connect using PuTTY.<\/p>\n<h3>PuTTY Alternative<\/h3>\n<p>Traditionally on Windows, people have used a tool called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.putty.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PuTTY<\/a> to ssh to a remote system. <strong>PuTTYgen<\/strong> is an included tool that provides a graphical interface for generating PuTTY <strong>ppk<\/strong> files (public\/private keys). This is a file that contains both private and public keys, readable by PuTTY. If you would like to use PuTTY, you can find more information on generating keys on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.putty.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PuTTY website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenSSH is now included with Windows 10 (as of October 2018). Depending on your version of Windows, the feature may or may not be installed by default. Step 1: Check if SSH is enabled To check if SSH is enabled on your system, open a command prompt and end the command ssh. 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