Inside my iPad SSH Setup

SSH is an essential tool for multi-machine setups. In this video, I'll take you through my setup for using the iPad as an SSH client, how to configure your hosts, how best to map your keyboard and how to get a slick-looking shell prompt.

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00:00 - Start
00:56 - Why not Remote Desktop?
01:37 - iPad SSH Clients
01:59 - Enabling SSH
02:55 - First Connection
03:39 - Host Aliases
04:49 - Key-Based Authentication
07:01 - Disable Password Login
07:54 - Cosmetic Customisations
09:31 - Keyboard Shortcuts
10:07 - Keyboard Remapping
12:24 - Session Reliability
13:24 - Shell Setup
14:20 - Prompt Configuration

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[RogueCylon]

A tech guy, that actually knows tech, rather than all those other “tech” youtubers.

[wizdude]

I’ve been using blink on my iPad for some time now and I learnt some very useful tips from this video. I wasn’t aware how easy it was to setup ssh keys in blink. Thank you very much.

[olias]

Your videos are brilliant, I am finishing a rather long WebDev course and its great to carry my iPad and Pi where ever I need to be and continue coding.

[rendermaniac]

Fantastic Rob! This will be a huge help for those out there learning. Quick tip: if you want to access the settings in Blink regardless of a current ssh session, you can use the good old faithful apple shortcut “command-, ”

[MichaelAlderete]

You do such a good job of putting together a cohesive, tight script for these videos, with clear on-screen demonstration of what you're talking about.

It's _so_ dense, I do wish for companion text articles to make it easy to copy/paste commands out of, and so on. Of course, those require maintenance, tech support when people's random environment differences conflict, and so on. So I totally understand when/if you can't do that.

[maurolimaok]

I'm on my first steps on Odin Project, and I know CLI is important.
You do have a nice way to explay things.
I really would like to see here playlists teaching Terminal basics (pure bash/zsh) and Bash scripting.
Thanks fot the channel and videos.

[amadzarak]

Thanks for this video. The new iPads just came out and I’m quite tempted to get one as a standalone ssh terminal

[micleh]

You are an awesome speaker and can anticipate difficulties extremely well.
Yet again, thanks for the splendid video tutorial.

[planetnicky]

Thanks so much! If you get a chance please include juno connect in this little series

[nathanduval]

Glad to have come across this video. Great stuff.

[PaulShadwell]

This is great work. Extremely useful. Hope your feeling better. Looking forward to the follow up videos.

[derekbaker_]

Fantastic video. Really glad I’ve found your channel. You’ve broken down a complex topic into a really easy to understand way. Thank you.

[ChenChaoLee]

what is the piece of software at 1:00? cli todo? could you provide name plz

[harrrybailey]

Brilliant series, I’ve gone through all the setup and optimisation videos you’ve put out. Thank you so much for all this amazing content- I’m so happy with my little setup now. I was wondering if you’d looked into how to SSH over a wired connection and connect the iPad to an external display? I was thinking a TB3 dock of some sort but am worried that the throughput would be affected. Cheers!

[DigiDriftZone]

It would be amazing if you make a video comparing iPad SSH clients, Blink is fantastic but doe seem a tad steep at at £18 a year

[fethica]

Fantastic video!!! Thank you for all the helpful tips.

[premdale]

Great video and easy to understand - even for me, thanks Rob keep it up.

[tractorboy]

Excellent, solid content. A solitary "like" seems almost churlish.

[rogerwprice]

Fabulous - super clear and useful instructions - thanks

[arnoldmbuthia]

hey, how does it compare to powershell 7 or visual studio code? I am considering using iPad due to Apple Intelligence, Math Notes etc., rather than Windows