Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will show you how to enable SSH on a headless Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi with no Monitor, keyboard, or mouse) with a Windows computer. This will also work on a Linux or Mac computer.
I am using the Raspberry Pi 3B+: amzn.to/2Tnsc0l and recommend using a 2.5A minimum power supply, such as: amzn.to/2G0wcku I usually use whatever SD cards I can get cheaply, but recommend minimum 8GB and class 10, here's an example of a good cheap option: amzn.to/2MHJkvb If you need recommendations for good compatible Pi hardware just leave a comment below.
If you need to install Raspbian on your SD card first, check out this video: youtu.be/7D4GlBe0Ze4
To start, just pop the SD card from the Raspberry Pi into your computer. Once it is in, it should pop up with the boot directory, otherwise click it on the left of your file browser.
Here you will need to add a blank file called ssh. Just right click in the folder window, go to new, and choose text document. Then just delete the full name, and name it ssh. You need to make sure to delete the .txt portion as well. If this does not show up, go to view, then Options, change folder and search options, go to the view tab, and uncheck hide extensions for known file types.
After you create the file, put the SD card back in your Raspberry Pi, and boot it up. You can now connect over SSH. If you are on Windows, I recommend using Putty for SSH, which you can download here: ninite.com
The default hostname for the Pi is raspberrypi.local, so feel free to use that unless you have multiple Pi's on the same network, otherwise you will have to get fancy to find the IP address, or you will need to change the Pi's hostname when directly connected.
The default username and password for the connection is pi and raspberry. I would highly recommend changing the default password for security.
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This video will show you how to enable SSH on a headless Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi with no Monitor, keyboard, or mouse) with a Windows computer. This will also work on a Linux or Mac computer.
I am using the Raspberry Pi 3B+: amzn.to/2Tnsc0l and recommend using a 2.5A minimum power supply, such as: amzn.to/2G0wcku I usually use whatever SD cards I can get cheaply, but recommend minimum 8GB and class 10, here's an example of a good cheap option: amzn.to/2MHJkvb If you need recommendations for good compatible Pi hardware just leave a comment below.
If you need to install Raspbian on your SD card first, check out this video: youtu.be/7D4GlBe0Ze4
To start, just pop the SD card from the Raspberry Pi into your computer. Once it is in, it should pop up with the boot directory, otherwise click it on the left of your file browser.
Here you will need to add a blank file called ssh. Just right click in the folder window, go to new, and choose text document. Then just delete the full name, and name it ssh. You need to make sure to delete the .txt portion as well. If this does not show up, go to view, then Options, change folder and search options, go to the view tab, and uncheck hide extensions for known file types.
After you create the file, put the SD card back in your Raspberry Pi, and boot it up. You can now connect over SSH. If you are on Windows, I recommend using Putty for SSH, which you can download here: ninite.com
The default hostname for the Pi is raspberrypi.local, so feel free to use that unless you have multiple Pi's on the same network, otherwise you will have to get fancy to find the IP address, or you will need to change the Pi's hostname when directly connected.
The default username and password for the connection is pi and raspberry. I would highly recommend changing the default password for security.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
