diff --git a/docs/source/tutorial/process.md b/docs/source/tutorial/process.md index 6010da78..56fc8e1c 100644 --- a/docs/source/tutorial/process.md +++ b/docs/source/tutorial/process.md @@ -413,10 +413,14 @@ a single location: c.SSHEngineSetLauncher.engine_args = ['--profile-dir=/path/to/profile_ssh'] ``` -Current limitations of the SSH mode of {command}`ipcluster` are: - -- Untested and unsupported on Windows. Would require a working {command}`ssh` on Windows. - Also, we are using shell scripts to setup and execute commands on remote hosts. +Consideration of SSH mode of {command}`ipcluster` under Windows: + +- After installing `OpenSSH` server and `python` (including `ipyparallel`) + on all cluster machines, an SSH cluster can be set up via {command}`ipcluster` + without limitations. +- Although, Microsoft provides a specific `OpenSSH` installer, it uses an quite + old version of `OpenSSH`. Therefore, it is highly recommended to install the latest + version from [Win32-OpenSSH in Github](https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH) #### Moving files with SSH