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<p>'ssh' is 'secure shell' and is widely used for secure access to machines and services.</p>
<h2>What do I need to do?</h2>
<p>You will need to run ssh-keygen/PuTTYgen on your device, email the public key to someone who already has ssh access (Wookey, Martin Green, Mark Shinwell, Philip Sargent). Once the key is installed by them you should be able to log in as 'expo' over ssh (and other software like git will also use this behind the scenes). This only needs doing once (for any machine you want access from).</p>
<p>You will need to run ssh-keygen/PuTTYgen on your device, email the public key to someone who already has ssh access (Wookey, Martin Green, Mark Shinwell, Philip Sargent or email <em> "Expo Nerding" &lt;expo-tech@lists.wookware.org&gt;</em>). Once the key is installed by them you should be able to log in as 'expo' over ssh (and other software like git will also use this behind the scenes). This only needs doing once (for any machine you want access from).</p>
<p>Our own documentation for <a href="../putty/putty.html">installing PuTTy on Windows</a>.
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<h3>Windows</h3>
<p>On Windows 10 or later openssh comes built-in. Open a command terminal and run <tt>ssh</tt> to see if you have it installed. If so just follow the linux instructions on this page - the process is identical. You can install it if it's not there. <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse">(Microsoft setup instructions)</a>.
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<p>Windows 9 has 'WSL' (Windows Subsystem for Linux) which is basically an Ubuntu install. That's the easiest way to use ssh. Run WSL and follow the linux instuctions here.
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<p>For older Windows versions you need to use <a href="https://www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/windows/puttygen">puttygen</a>, which is part of <a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html">PuTTY</a>. You need to install that if you don't already have it.</p>
<p>Follow the Puttygen instructions, but the really short version is:
<li>Run PuTTYgen</li>