So far, you have learned to use the '''ssh''' utility to establish a secure connection to a remote server in order to perform Linux administration tasks, administer the server. For these common operations, you You have issued the ''ssh'' command, which is actually the '''client''' application for ssh. In order to connect to a remote server (like your VMs, Matrix, etc) they need it needs to be running run the '''SSH service ''' (i.e. the '''ssh daemon''').

In this section, you will learn how to install and configure an SSH server on and restart the ssh service for an existing VM. You will also learn how to configure , restart, and use SSH in order to create secure connections between your Linux machines (host as well as VMs).