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SSH & Remote Access

Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.

Summary

The standard secure protocol for connecting to and managing remote cloud virtual machines — key-based authentication and basic SSH config are daily-use cloud engineering skills.

How to Learn This

  • 1Set up SSH key-based authentication to a cloud VM instead of using a password.
  • 2Learn to use an SSH config file to simplify connecting to frequently used servers.
  • 3Understand basic SSH security practices: disabling password auth, restricting root login.

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