Ssh service is not enabled by default in Ubuntu system. This simple and brief tutorial will show you how to enable ssh service in Ubuntu.

First, launch a terminal window from the dash (or press Ctrl+Alt+T) for running commands.

Paste this command into terminal to hit enter to install openssh-server:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

That’s it! Now you can use ssh client to connect to this host using the default port 22.

If you would like to change ssh settings, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with your favorite editor. In this case I used the gedit:

sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

After edited configuration file, save it and apply the change by restarting the ssh service:

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

For a simple ssh client, download putty from here.

Enjoy!