Access *BSD Hyper-V guests from your host via ssh:

1) Enable and start the ssh-agent service on your host by running the following in Powershell, as Administrator:

Set-Service -Name "ssh-agent" -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service -Name "ssh-agent"

2) Generate ssh keys on your host, as your regular user:

ssh-keygen

3) Add the following to .ssh/config on your host, as your regular user:

Host *
AddKeysToAgent yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Host beastie
HostName 172.22.168.238

Adjust HostName to guest IP (run 'ifconfig' on guest)

4) Connect via ssh from your host to your *BSD guest with:

ssh beastie

#runbsd #hyperv #ssh