
You will then be prompted to enter the password for the user account on the remote server that you are logging into as shown below. Click the ‘ Add a feature’ ‘ + ‘ at the top of the ‘Optional features. Once the feature is installed: you can close the window. However, there is none of them in the optional feature list. Select 'OpenSSH Client' in the results list so that it becomes checked. I just uninstalled OpenSSH server and client on my Window 10 (version 1803).

If you type yes, this hosts's key will be saved in the %UserProfile%\.ssh\known_hosts file and you will not be asked again when you connect to the same server. First, click the Start button, then click Settings. When the 'Add an optional feature' window opens: Type openssh in the search box and press Enter. First, click the Start button, then click Settings. For information on SSH (Secure Shell), see here. To install OpenSSH Client, let’s first use the more modern approach Windows Settings.

For more information on PuTTY, see the PuTTY page. It is typically used for remote access to server computers over a network using the SSH protocol. To connect to a remote server you simply use the command line ssh For example, to connect to a test Ubuntu server I have setup, I would type ssh If it's your first time connecting to a particular SSH server it will display a host key fingerprint and ask you to confirm if you want to connect. PuTTY is a popular SSH, Telnet, and SFTP client for Windows.

The current list of arguments are: usage: ssh Windows 10 Insider builds & Windows Server now include a beta release of the OpenSSH client and server for you to try Each are available as independent optional features that you can choose to install if you want to be able to employ SSH from the Windows command-line.
