Secure Shell (SSH) allows users to remotely access and control a Raspberry Pi command line.

If you need to access your Raspberry PI projects without using a monitor, you can set up a Secure Shell (SSH) on your computer.

SSH allows you to control your Raspberry Pi using the command line from any computer. You’ll need to do this to start the VNC Server for the first time.

Last time I showed you how to expose a web service on a Raspberry Pi (or, actually, any kind of device) by using a reverse proxy from Pagekite. On your Pi, you just need a simple Python script ...

Enabling SSH is convenient because it allows you to operate the Raspberry Pi from another PC, but this setting can be changed after installation, so there is no need to enable it.