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The key files are usually stored in the /.ssh directory. Copy the key to a server. Once an SSH key has been created, the ssh-copy-id command can be used to install it as an authorized key on the server. Once the key has been authorized for SSH, it grants access to the server without a password. Use a command like the following to copy SSH key.
How to install OpenSSH Server in Windows Server 2019 Core using PowerShell, or Windows Server 2016
Loupedeck live capture one. Sqrsoft advanced crossfading output. OpenSSH is an ideal and secure way of performing remote maintenance & administration on your servers. Even on Windows Server! :) Microsoft have released their OpenSSH port for Windows Server and Windows 10 back in 2015. Here is how to install the OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2016 and 2019.
In this small tutorial, I’m not using PowerShell’s
Add-WindowsCapability
cmdlet, because it errors out on unsupported platforms. And I want to be able to customize the sshd installation directory. If you follow this post, you can install Microsoft OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2016 and even Windows Server 2012 R2, in a folder of your choosing.Prerequisites#
- “sshd and ssh-agent services successfully installed” appears, installation was successful. To generate a host key, run the '.ssh-keygen.exe -A' command. Reopen your Control Panel and click on Administrative Service/Administrative Tools. In the resulting dialog, click Services.
- Installing an SSH server on Windows 2000 or Windows XP Cygwin is a collection of free software tools originally developed by Cygnus Solutions to allow various versions of Microsoft Windows to act somewhat like a UNIX system.
In order to be able to install OpenSSH on Windows, you need the software. Doh! :-)
- Download the latest release from GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases (OpenSSH-Win64.zip for example).
Install “Windows for OpenSSH” using PowerShell#
- Unblock the downloaded OpenSSH archive if necessary:
Unblock-File .DownloadsOpenSSH-Win64.zip
- Extract the archive:
Expand-Archive .DownloadsOpenSSH-Win64.zip -DestinationPath .
- Copy the OpenSSH-Win64 folder to your desired location, e.g c:
Copy-Item -Recurse .OpenSSH-Win64 'C:'
- The libcrypto.dll file has to be accessible for all users:
&icacls C:OpenSSH-Win64libcrypto.dll /grant Everyone:RX
- Run
install-sshd.ps1
to create the OpenSSH Authentication Agent and OpenSSH SSH Server services. It also sets some permissions and registers an Event Tracing (ETW) provider. - Change the service startup to Automatic. The OpenSSH SSH Server service is set to Manual startup, not automatic:
&sc.exe config sshd start= auto
,&sc.exe config ssh-agent start= auto
- Start the OpenSSH Authentication Agent and SSH Server services:
&sc.exe start sshd
,&sc.exe start ssh-agent
- Make sure your Windows Defender Firewall is open for port 22, rule OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP must be enabled. If this rule is not available, manually create it:
Replace
C:WindowsSystem32OpenSSHsshd.exe
with the actual path to the sshd.exe (C:OpenSSHsshd.exe
, if you followed this instruction). Or go to Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Firewall1 > Advanced Settings > Inbound Rules and add a new rule for port 22.Let’s connect!
sshd_config#
Often you not only need to install OpenSSH, you also need to configure it. For this, OpenSSH on Windows uses an mechanism where the default sshd_config (called “sshd_config_default”) is located in the directory to where you’ve unpacked the OpenSSH-Win64.zip archive. When you start the service, the file is copied to
C:ProgramDatasshsshd_config
.In Windows, sshd reads configuration data from %programdata%sshsshd_config by default, or a different configuration file may be specified by launching sshd.exe with the -f parameter. If the file is absent, sshd generates one with the default configuration when the service is started.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_server_configuration#windows-configurations-in-sshd_configInstall Ssh Server Debian
So you can either make you configuration in the sshd_config_default file, that is copied when you start the service for the first time, or you start and stop OpenSSH, edit C:ProgramDatasshsshd_config and restart OpenSSH again.
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Older Windows Server versions: OpenSSH on Windows Server 2012#
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OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2012 R2, you said? Yes, you can use the same method to install OpenSSH in Windows Server 2012 R2 (version 6.3.9600).
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Here is a screenshot of connecting to sshd on Windows version 6.3.9600: