/etc/systemd/system/sshd.service

[Unit]
Description=OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Documentation=man:sshd(8) man:sshd_config(5)
After=network.target auditd.service
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ssh
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $SSHD_OPTS
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/sshd -t
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure
RestartPreventExitStatus=255
Type=notify
RuntimeDirectory=sshd
RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=sshd.service

Related terms

• /etc/systemd/system/
• apt install openssh-server

See also

• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
• Systemd services: systemctl [status | is-active | start | daemon-reload | stop | mask | reload | restart | reboot | enable | disable | cat], systemctl list-units, systemctl list-timers, systemctl --failed, systemctl get-default, systemctl --help, .service, .timer, .socket, systemctl restart elasticsearch.service, systemctl status apt-daily, systemctl status oscapd, set-property