Activate OpenSSH on Windows

• Activate OpenSSH on Windows (Windows Server 2019 or Windows 1o):https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse
  • Install OpenSSH optional capability from Windows interface.

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server

Welcome (talk) 08:03, 6 April 2021 (UTC)0.0.1.0 (Using (*) seems not to be working: Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server*)

Start-Service sshd*
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'

In one line:

(Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0) -and (Start-Service sshd) -and (Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic')

Activities

• Manually install OpenSSH for Windows 2016 (not officially supported by Microsoft) https://hostadvice.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-openssh-server-client-on-a-windows-2016-server/

Related terms

• Get-WindowsCapability: Get-WindowsCapability -Online -name OpenSSH*
• logoff
• Add-WindowsCapability
• Error code: 0x8024402C

See also

• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF
• Microsoft Windows: Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server, Windows IoT, Windows Server containers, RDP, Windows Update, Windows Defender, Windows Unified Write Filter (UWF), ReFS, Start-Service, Stop-Service, Set-Service, DISM, SFC, systeminfo, Microsoft Hyper-V, WSL, Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WLS), Windows Server 2022, PowerShell, logoff, query user, WLMS, File explorer, Copy-Item, BitLocker, Cmdlet, choco, scoop, Windows VSS