Keep Your SSH Session Running when You Disconnect

I am installing several softwares this week remotely, from my home office. Keep the ssh session is a key for the success.

Screen is like a window manager for your console. It will allow you to keep multiple terminal sessions running and easily switch between them. It also protects you from disconnection, because the screen session doesn’t end when you get disconnected

A basic tutorial about screen you can read here

Another configuration is to tell you ssh terminal to send keep alive. I use MobaXterm. This can be configured using the menu settings – ssh