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, run the following to setup the key-auth package

  • cmd /c setup-ssh-lsa.cmd
  • Restart-Computer

• 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

New-NetFirewallRule is for servers only. If you're on a workstation try:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name='SSH Port' dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=22

Uninstall Win32 OpenSSH

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