Ubuntu on Hyper-V not connecting over SSH

Question

Hi All

I installed Ubuntu 20.0 on my Hyper-V VM on my Laptop but unable to do SSH using Putty from the same Windows 10 Laptop. What settings can I check though I'm able to ping the VM successfully.

With Regards,
Subhankar

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you very much for the sharing and we're glad the problem is solved now.

Hope others facing the same situation will benefit from this thread. Here's a short summary for the problem.

Problem/Symptom:
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Platform: Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04
Problem details:
installed Ubuntu 20.04 on Hyper-V VM on my Laptop but unable to do SSH using Putty from the same Windows 10 Laptop

Analysis/Possible Cause:
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OpenSSH server is NOT installed by default for Ubuntu/Debian based distribution.
We can verify this via the following command:
ps -e | grep sshd

Solution/Workarounds:
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install openssh server
sudo apt install openssh-server

Reference:
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N/A

If you have any questions in future, we warmly welcome you to post in this forum.

Have a nice day!

Regards,

Alex
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Answer 2

I installed OpenSSH on the Ubuntu OS and it worked. :)
Thanks