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This page explain the procedure to enable X11 forwarding with SSH on Windows 10 & 11 using Powershell or WSL.

==Powershell==

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language.<br>
Since version 5.1 Powershell includes open-ssh utility allowing user to use it to connect to SSH without the need of a third party software.


===Prerequities===

*A device running at least Windows Server 2019,Windows 10 (build 1809) or later.
*PowerShell 5.1 or later.


===Creating SSH keypair===

Start Powershell using shortcut windows key + X, then type the following command to create your key :

<pre>ssh-keygen -t ecdsa</pre>

Follow the steps to create your '''ECDSA''' SSH keypair.

Once the key are generated you need to install Xming

===Installing Xming===

Get the installer from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/files/Xming/ this page], then install it.

Note that you can install Xming using Chocolatey :

<pre>choco install xming -y</pre>

Ensure Xming is started before continuing.

===Enabling x11 forwarding===

Start Powershell and paste the following command :

<pre>$env:DISPLAY= 'localhost:0.0'</pre>

(you need to type this command each time before using x11 forwarding.)

Now connect to SSH server using '''-X''' argument :

<pre>ssh username@hostname -XY</pre>

X11 forwarding is now enabled on Powershell.