How to SSH from Windows Desktop to a linux server - using Powershell
Open powershell, from start menu
to ssh into server using username/password, type: ssh <username>@<host> or ssh -l <username> <server name/ip>
you will be prompted for the password.
to use your private key: ssh -i <key file> <username>@<host>
To Speed common connections up you can create a config file in .ssh folder in your profile c:\users\<username>\.ssh
which could be something like:
Host <hostname>
User <username>
Hostname <hostname>
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<me>_rsa
Host 192.168.69.112
User <username>
Hostname 192.168.69.2
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<me>_rsa
To create keys - google search or see section in help : GitLab and SSH
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