How to SSH into a Raspberry Pi

sudo nano /boot/ssh

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Hit CTRL+O to Save, Hit Enter, Hit CTRL+X to exit.

```bash

sudo reboot

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### Via Boot Disk

1\. Insert SD card with Raspbian onto your host machine (laptop, desktop)
2\. Create an empty file without an extension called \`ssh\`\` in the root of your boot drive.

You can do that manually with Windows Explorer or you can open a command prompt and execute the following:

#### Navigate to Boot Drive Root

##### Windows

`cd` into the SD card drive letter, i.e. `g:`

##### Linux

```bash

cd /Volumes/boot

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#### Create SSH file

```bash

touch ssh

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- Insert SD Card into Raspberry Pi and boot it. SSH will be enabled.

### Via UI

- On your Pi, go to Preferences -> Raspberry Pi Configuration
- Click ‘Interfaces’ and Enable SSH, Click OK

![000287](/2017/09/raspberrypi-ssh/000287.png)

## Create SSH Connection

You have a bunch of different options for connecting to your Pi over SSH. I’ve used Putty for a while, but have switched to mRemoteNG because it helps me manage many SSH windows and different device configurations in a tabbed environment.

> In the examples below, replace ‘pi’ with your username if you changed it and replace ‘raspberrypi’ with your hostname if you change it - or just use your Pi’s ip address which you can find by executing `ifconfig`. If you cannot find your Pi by hostname, then you’ll need to follow [these steps](/raspberrypi-remote-desktop/) to configure Samba so your hostname appears on your network.

### mRemoteNG

I mention Putty below, but it wasn’t scaling for me as I had to go about managing multiple SSH windows to multiple devices. I found [mRemoteNG](https://mremoteng.org), an app that lets you easily manage SSH sessions on your development machine, and I’m really liking it so far.

You can install mRemoteNG [here](https://mremoteng.org/download).

![Screenshot](/2017/09/raspberrypi-ssh/35.png)

#### Create SSH Connection

- Click New Connection, select SSH version 2, enter your hostname (or ip), username, password and then double click to open the connection.

![Screenshot](/2017/09/raspberrypi-ssh/38.png)

You will now be connected to your Pi vs SSH:
![Screenshot](/2017/09/raspberrypi-ssh/39.png)

### Putty

Putty is decent, but like I mentioned above it doesn’t scale well when you need to manage multiple devices.

You can install Putty [here](https://www.putty.org/).

#### Create SSH Connection

Open a command prompt and execute the following:

```bash

putty.exe -ssh pi@raspberrypi