Mastering Putty for beginners (+ Session Manager, MobaXTerm)

Name: Mastering Putty for beginners (+ Session Manager, MobaXTerm)
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Handy little tool to quickly launch SSH sessions to UNIX/Linux Servers. PLUS.. Amazon AWS Linux Virtual Machine Setup!

Created byCoding Gears | Train Your Brain

Last updated 1/2021

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What you'll learn

Download and Install Putty sofware
Create and edit profiles in putty
Customize Putty
Launch Linux GUI interfaces remotely
Port Forwarding
Tips & Best Practices
Learn PuTTY Session Manager

Course content

13 sections • 45 lectures • 1h 50m total length

Welcome to the Course0:26
Begin mastering Putty for beginners by becoming comfortable with the Putty software as you start the course. Provide feedback to help tailor your learning experience at globaletraining.com.
Connect with us0:31
Course Overview0:43

Download & Install – Quick way1:52
Install Putty using Windows Installer1:36
Lab Environment0:42
Opening SSH Sessions - Demo2:48
Opening Multiple SSH Sessions - DEMO1:16
Duplicate a PuTTY session from the title bar to open a new window on the same machine with the same settings and credentials.
Putty Interface Walk-thru1:30
Explore the Putty interface, locate hostname or IP, port, and connection type, view saved sessions, and review settings to configure logging for your projects.
Test Your Learning #1
Assignment #1 - Lab Setup0:54

What is a Session profile?1:00
Creating Session Profiles with Hostname Only0:42
Create session profiles with hostname only, assign IP addresses and user-friendly names to profiles, and preview how two profiles connect to the same machine with different user names.
Creating Session Profiles with Hostname and login username2:35
Create and manage multiple session profiles for the same UNIX machine in Putty, using hostnames and usernames like user1 and user2.
Updating Session Profiles – People Get Confused1:53
Master updating Putty session profiles, including IP address and hostname, and avoid confusion from renaming, duplicates, and forgetting to click save.
Where are the profiles located?2:15
Locate PuTTY session profiles in the Windows registry under the current user software sessions, view or edit hostname values, and export or import profiles across machines with caution.
Assignment #2 - Create putty profiles & test the connection0:26

Font Type, Size & Color3:05
Master how to customize putty appearance by changing font type, size, and color in session profiles, saving changes, and applying settings across development, staging, and production environments.
Increasing Scrollback Buffer3:44
Save Session to File2:23
Keeplive Intervals1:52
Configure keep alive intervals in putty to prevent idle timeouts by sending empty packets every 4–10 seconds, with a typical 5-second interval depending on your network.
Assignment #3 - Customizing Profiles0:14

What is X11 Forwarding?1:20
Available X Display Servers0:58
Explore available x display servers for putty beginners, including Cygwin X, Xwin32, Exceed X, and Xming, with quick site references to compare options.
Download and Install Xming2:16
Download and install Xming from the official source, accept the user account control prompts, and verify Xming appears in the system tree.
Putty X11 Configuration0:53
X11 Forwarding Demo2:30
Demonstrates X11 forwarding using PuTTY to run Linux GUI apps on a Windows PC, log in, and launch programs like GNOME Disks and Firefox, with notes on port forwarding.
Assignment #4 - X110:17

Requirements

Linux Machine (Physical or Virtual)
Putty Software
Basic Windows OS skills

Description

PuTTY is an open source SSH and telnet client developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. Putty is a light-weight standalone application, that is easy to learn.

In addition, Putty also supports - Rlogin, Raw and Serial connections.

Putty is a well know tool among system and network administrators. However, Putty can be a handy tool for programmers, DBAs, and QA Testers as well, when working with Unix/Linux based systems.

Putty comes with many settings to customize your sessions to your project needs.

Download and install Putty - Quick way & Installer way.
Learn to launch duplicate & multiple sessions quickly.
Establish SSH sessions to the same server with a different/same username.
Customize & Tune Putty with various settings.
Use X11 Forwarding to access Linux GUI.
Automatically SAVE your SSH session to a file.
Tips & Recommendations (Working on adding more)
Securely Transfer files
Using other tools/components that come with Putty
Understand & Use RSA key-pair for Password-less authentication.
Create a Linux Virtual Machine (EC2) in AWS & SSH into your own AWS Linux Machine.
*** NEW *** Learn PuTTY Session Manager
*** NEW *** Learn MobaXTerm
Putty Cheatsheet (Coming Soon)

Who this course is for:

Anyone working with linux machines from a windows machine.

Mastering Putty for beginners (+ Session Manager, MobaXTerm)

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 2min

Getting Started7 lectures • 11min

Putty Profiles6 lectures • 9min

Customizing Putty5 lectures • 11min

X11 Forwarding with Xming6 lectures • 8min

Port Forwarding (a.k.a Port Tunneling)4 lectures • 9min

Transferring Files1 lecture • 5min

Understanding Public/Private Keys (Passwordless Authentication)5 lectures • 14min

PuTTY Session Manager2 lectures • 7min

MobaXTerm2 lectures • 14min

Requirements

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