user guide for openssh?

[L. Mart]

Hello,

I have never used ssh, of any sort, before.

Is there a manual or a web site that can help me accomplish the following?

  1.  Set up ssh on a laptop.
  2.  Set up ssh on an RPi.
  3.  Connect the laptop and RPi with an Ethernet cable.
  4.  Run the RPI using the laptop's keyboard and video.
  5.  How to troubleshoot when things go South.

After reading many articles on the Internet, I am confused and have more questions than answers.

Can you help me? Thanks.