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SSH Settings for Windows

Setting up SSH config in Windows

Create a config file in C:\Users\<YourUsername>\.ssh\config with the following content:

SSH Config
Host myserver
    HostName example.com
    User myuser
    Port 22

Generate SSH keys if you haven't already:

powershell
ssh-keygen -t rsa

Copy the public key to the server:

powershell
cd C:\Users\<YourUsername>
type .ssh\id_rsa.pub | ssh myserver "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys"

Forwarding SSH Port in WSL to Windows

In WSL, find IP address with: 

ip addr show eth0 | grep inet

Forward the SSH port from WSL to Windows using netsh command in PowerShell: 

netsh interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenport=2222 listenaddress=0.0.0.0 connectport=22 connectaddress=<WSL IP>

Enable the port 2222 in Windows Firewall: 

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WSL SSH" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2222