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LinkedIn Learning

Learning SSH

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Explore the fundamentals of SSH, or Secure Shell, and how to provide a secure connection to a command-line shell on a remote system.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Learning SSH
  • What is SSH?
  • Lab setup
1. Configuring an SSH Server
  • Installing OpenSSH
  • OpenSSH server configuration
  • Managing users and access
2. SSH Basics
  • Connecting to a server using a password
  • Creating a key pair with ssh-keygen
  • Managing and using key pairs
  • Client configuration options
  • Using SSH client applications
3. Practical Tasks with SSH
  • Transferring files with SFTP
  • Transferring files with SCP
  • Multi-step SSH connections
  • Port forwarding with SSH
  • Local port forwarding
  • Remote port forwarding
  • Dynamic port forwarding
  • Options to use with port forwarding
  • Tools that use and extend SSH
  • Securing an SSH server
  • Troubleshooting SSH
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Scott Simpson

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