💻 What is SSH and Why Do We Need It?

As you know, a Raspberry Pi is a small computer. Instead of using Windows, Mac OS, or other operating systems, it runs on Linux. Linux is an open-source operating system that actually powers most of the devices linked to the internet!

So far we’ve been able to access the Raspberry Pi by physically linking to it with cables. However, we are going to get rid of these cables so that our car can actually drive around without a leash!

To eliminate our need for the cables, we are going to use something called SSH.

SSH stands for Secure Shell and it’s used by computers to securely talk to each other. SSH is set up on your Pi by default, so all you need to do is connect it to the internet and find out what its IP Address is.

We will walk you through the steps in the next section.

Find out more about SSH here.

Find out more about how the Pi uses SSH here.

Head over to the next page to setup SSH.