{"id":906,"date":"2022-04-04T07:22:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T01:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookouthost.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:22:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T01:52:07","slug":"how-to-change-default-ssh-port-in-linux-ubuntu-or-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookouthost.com\/blog\/how-to-change-default-ssh-port-in-linux-ubuntu-or-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change Default SSH Port in Linux, Ubuntu or Centos"},"content":{"rendered":"
  1. How to change the default SSH Port in Linux or Ubuntu which is 22 to increase the security.<\/li>
  2. Just loginto your SSH server using root.<\/li>
  3. Then use some editor like nano or vi to edit the sshd configuration file.<\/li>
  4. Then type nano \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config
    You can use other editor like vi if nano is not installed but working with vi is a little different.<\/li>
  5. If nano is not installed you can install is using yum install nano in CentOS.<\/li>
  6. Now lets save the new port number and exit.<\/li>
  7. Press Ctrl + X<\/li>
  8. Type Y for YES.<\/li>
  9. Don’t change the file name and save it by the default location\/name i.e. \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config. Just press enter.<\/li>
  10. Once you have saved it just restart the system or the sshd service using the following command.
    service sshd restart<\/li>
  11. Then see the active port by following command
    service sshd status<\/li><\/ol>
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    You can also see this complete guide on How to Change Default Port of SSH in Linux, Ubuntu or Centos on our official Youtube channel.<\/p>

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