SSH server on Windows 2016 Server - documentation link dump - fix for vi blank page on Windows

A link dump below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse

 

This doc above is only for server 2019 - ours is 2016, so must use the github link below.

https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/sshd_config

stackoverflow.com/questions/41618766/powershell-invoke-webrequest-fails-with-ssl-tls-secure-channel

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/how-to-install-the-msi-file-using-powershell#

administrators_authorized_keys needs to be created.

in  https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/sshd_config

https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Install-Win32-OpenSSH-Using-MSI

to add path, the above wiki has some pointers.

How to Edit Files with a Real PowerShell Text Editor (adamtheautomator.com)

Chocolatey Software | Installing Chocolatey

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+restart+powershell+to+start+using+choco

 

(

choco install nano -y
worked.

) 

For using vim instead

windows - Basic text editor in command prompt? - Stack Overflow

choco install vim 

 

The open command: start a session - PuTTY Documentation

psftp syntax

open username@host port
like open myusername@myservername 22

 

Use puttygen to convert from id-rsa to ppk, using "Load an existing private key" option,

 

vim c:\programdata\ssh\sshd_config

public key can be appended by 

type id_rsa.pub >> c:\programdata\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys

page becomes blank when page down in vim

vim blank line is red and disappears after changing the window size - Stack Overflow

Vim background color renders incorrectly · Issue #832 · microsoft/terminal · GitHub

did not help, but using pagedown instead of down arrow worked.

Restart a Windows service from the command line - Super User

recommended using 

powershell -command "Restart-Service sshd -Force"

Putty's tunnels saved in session, so we need to use

PuTTY Configuration Tips and Tricks | HFC Portal (hfcc.edu)

to save reg file to export if we want to send a Putty configuration to someone else.

 

Unfortunately, this does not work on some machines, since the registry entries like path etc may be different. They would need to manually recreate the tunnels, I guess.