Enabling SSH
How to turn on SSH on your Raspberry Pi
Written By: Cherie Tan
Difficulty
Very Easy
Steps
6
Introduction
In this guide we're going to learn how to turn on Secure Shell (SSH) on your Raspberry Pi.
SSH enables us to make a secure connection to our Raspberry Pi from the command line on our Mac, PC or Linux computer.
We will use the command line app raspi-config to enable SSH.
Step 1 Open Terminal Window
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Click on the Terminal icon to open up a terminal window
Step 2 Open raspi-config
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Enter the command: sudo raspi-config
Step 3 Go down to Interfacing Options
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Use the arrow keys to navigate down to Interfacing Options
Step 4 Select 'Yes'
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Select Yes from the prompt.
Step 5 Navigate to <Finish>
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Navigate to by using the Down and Right Arrow Keys
Step 6 Select 'SSH'
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Select SSH by using the down arrow keys.