Install SSH Server in Ubuntu sudo apt-get install openssh-server Run SSH Server sudo service ssh restart The output will be like * Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server sshd [ OK ] Check SSH Status ps -ef |grep "sshd" The output will be like hduser@d1:/hadoopSetup$ ps -ef | grep "sshd" root 125 0 0 02:35 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd hduser 138 79 0 02:45 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --color=auto sshd