You're reading from Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800207561

Length 254 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Windows Terminal

Concepts

Web Utilities

Author (1):

Will Fuqua

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introducing the New Windows Terminal

2. Chapter 1: Getting started with the new Windows Terminal FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Learning the Windows Terminal UI

4. Chapter 3: Configuring an Ubuntu Linux profile

5. Section 2: Configuring your Windows Terminal and its shells

6. Chapter 4: Customizing your Windows Terminal settings

7. Chapter 5: Changing your Windows Terminal appearance

8. Chapter 6: Setting up keyboard shortcuts

9. Chapter 7: Hidden Windows Terminal Actions

10. Chapter 8: Tips for using PowerShell like a Pro

11. Chapter 9: Tips for Using Ubuntu like an Expert

12. Section 3: Using your Windows Terminal for development

13. Chapter 10: Using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal

14. Chapter 11: Building web applications with React

15. Chapter 12: Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal

16. Chapter 13: Connecting to remote systems

17. Chapter 14: Managing systems in the cloud

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix Windows Terminal Actions

Chapter 13: Connecting to remote systems

So far in this book, we've mostly stayed confined to a single computer. We've developed client-side and server-side applications using Windows Terminal, and the next step is to connect to remote computers so we can deploy our applications! In this chapter, we'll break out of our single-machine confines and learn how to connect to both Windows and Linux systems remotely.

We'll start out by comparing the options for connecting remotely and configuring our systems for remote access. We'll then learn how to streamline our remote access with Windows Terminal, Secure Shell (SSH), and the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).

By the end of this chapter, we'll be able to decide between WinRM and SSH remote access, set up both inbound and outbound SSH access on Windows, and take advantage of the shortcuts and conveniences that SSH and SCP provide. We'll cover the following topics: