Install Win32 OpenSSH

Install Win32 OpenSSH (test release)

1. Download the 2015-11-09 release

• Extract contents to C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win32
• Start Powershell as Administrator
  • cd 'C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win32'
• Setup SSH host keys (this will generate all the 'host' keys that sshd expects when its starts)
  • .\ssh-keygen.exe -A
• Open Firewall
  • New-NetFirewallRule -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -DisplayName SSH
• If you need key-based authentication:
  • Install key-auth package
    • run setup-ssh-lsa.cmd
    • reboot
• Install and run daemon as NT Service running as Local System
  • .\sshd.exe install
  • Start-Service sshd
  • Make the service start on boot (PowerShell): Set-Service sshd -StartupType Automatic

Uninstall Win32 OpenSSH

• Start Powershell as Administrator
• Stop the service
  • Stop-Service sshd
• Uninstall
  • .\sshd.exe uninstall