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articles/virtual-machines/linux/ssh-from-windows.md

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ms.date: 08/20/2018
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## Windows packages and SSH clients
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You connect to and manage Linux VMs in Azure using an *SSH client*. Computers running Linux or macOS usually have a suite of SSH commands to generate and manage SSH keys and to make SSH connections.
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Windows computers do not always have comparable SSH commands installed. Windows 10 versions that include the [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about) allow you to run and access utilities such as an SSH client natively within a Bash shell.
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Windows computers do not always have comparable SSH commands installed. Recent versions of Windows 10 provide [OpenSSH client commands](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2018/03/07/windows10v1803/) to create and manage SSH keys and make SSH connections from a Command Prompt. Recent Windows 10 versions also include the [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about) to run and access utilities such as an SSH client natively within a Bash shell.
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If you wish to use something other than Bash for Windows, common Windows SSH clients you can install locally are included in the following packages:
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If you wish to use another SSH tool for Windows, common Windows SSH clients you can install locally are included in the following packages:
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* [PuTTY](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
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* [Git For Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/)
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### Create SSH keys with ssh-keygen
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If you can run a command shell such as Bash for Windows or GitBash (or Bash in Azure Cloud Shell), create an SSH key pair using the `ssh-keygen` command. Type the following command, and answer the prompts. If an SSH key pair exists in the current location, those files are overwritten.
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If you run a command shell on Windows that supports SSH client tools (or you use Azure Cloud Shell), create an SSH key pair using the `ssh-keygen` command. Type the following command, and answer the prompts. If an SSH key pair exists in the current location, those files are overwritten.
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```bash
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ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048

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