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Configure Arch Linux SSH

Category: VPS Setup

Secure SSH on an Arch Linux VPS—install OpenSSH with

pacman -S openssh

then edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config with

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Set Port 2222 PermitRootLogin no and PasswordAuthentication no Start SSH with

systemctl start sshd && systemctl enable sshd

Generate keys locally (ssh-keygen -t ed25519) copy with

ssh-copy-id -p 2222 user@ip

and test with

ssh -p 2222 user@ip

—expect key auth Open port with

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2222 -j ACCEPT

saving via

iptables-save > /etc/iptables/iptables.rules

On Vultr this ensures CLI access—verify uptime with uptime maintaining MySQL and FTP security