How to Enable SSH on Debian 10？

This tutorial focuses on setting up and configuring a SSH server on a Debian 10 minimal server

Step 1: Update the Package Manager

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install SSH Server

sudo apt install openssh-server

You can check the status of the SSH service with the following command:

sudo systemctl status ssh

Step 3: Start and Stop the SSH Server

To stop the SSH host server, enter the following:

sudo service ssh stop

To start the SSH service, use the following command:

sudo service ssh start

Step 4: Get Your Server IP Address

ip a

Step 5: Set PermitRootLogin yes in sshd_config File

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Then change the value of PermitRootLogin to yes

PermitRootLogin yes

Then Save the ssh configuration file and restart the ssh service using systemctl command.

systemctl restart ssh.service