A friend was needing to transfer files and wanted to use SFTP.
These notes only slightly have notes for hardening the server from attacks, so for casual use, consider stopping the service when not needed.
The short answer today, is...
> add-windowscapability -online -name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
> get-service -name 'sshd' | set-service -startup 'Automatic'
> start-service -name sshd
As I never find the short answer sufficient, because I like to test and observe changes...
#
# check ssh installed state
#
> get-windowscapability -online | where-object name -like 'openssh*'
Name : OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
State : Installed
Name : OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
State : NotPresent
#
# install ssh server
#
> add-windowscapability -online -name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
Path :
Online : True
RestartNeeded : False
#
# check ssh installed state
#
> get-windowscapability -online | where-object name -like 'openssh*'
Name : OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
State : Installed
Name : OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
State : Installed
#
# check ssh service (server) state
#
> get-service -name 'sshd'
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Stopped sshd OpenSSH SSH Server
#
# set ssh server to start on boot
#
> get-service -name 'sshd' | set-service -startup 'Automatic'
#
# check ssh service state details
#
> get-service -name 'sshd' | select *
UserName : LocalSystem
Description : SSH protocol based service to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted
hosts over an insecure network.
DelayedAutoStart : False
BinaryPathName : C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\sshd.exe
StartupType : Automatic
Name : sshd
RequiredServices : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
DisplayName : OpenSSH SSH Server
DependentServices : {}
MachineName : .
ServiceName : sshd
ServicesDependedOn : {}
StartType : Automatic
ServiceHandle : Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeServiceHandle
Status : Stopped
ServiceType : Win32OwnProcess
Site :
Container :
#
# start ssh service
#
> start-service -name sshd
WARNING: Waiting for service 'OpenSSH SSH Server (sshd)' to start...
WARNING: Waiting for service 'OpenSSH SSH Server (sshd)' to start...
#
# check ssh service state details
#
> get-service -name 'sshd'
Status Name DisplayName
------ ---- -----------
Running sshd OpenSSH SSH Server
#
# test
#
* Other odd notes to consider (look this stuff up as needed
*
* Config and logs
* default: C:\ProgramData\ssh\sshd_config
*
$sshconfig='C:\ProgramData\ssh\sshd_config'
(get-content $sshconfig).replace("#Port 22", "Port 10022") | set-content $sshconfig
restart-service 'sshd'
> get-nettcpconnection -localport 10022 | select localaddress, localport, state
localaddress localport State
------------ --------- -----
:: 10022 Listen
0.0.0.0 10022 Listen
#
# sshd_config settings to consider
#
DenyUsers
AllowUsers lesley
DenyGroups
AllowGroups LesleysToy4\Administrators, LesleysToy4\ssh_users
SyslogFacility Local0
LogLevel Debug3
#
# stop the service
#
> stop-service 'sshd'
