@echo off :: :: This script will: :: :: 1. install the windows OpenSSH server (either via dsim or download it) :: 2. activate the windows OpenSSH service :: 3. open OpenSSH TCP port at windows firewall :: 4. create a small batch file to start an MSYS session :: 5. Set the default OpenSSH startup script to start the MSYS session :: :: Problems: :: On older windows versions, terminal emulation is broken. :: So, on windows 10 or windows server before 2019, the ssh session :: will not have proper terminal emulation and will be not be able to :: be used for editing files. :: For more info check: :: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/1260 :: :: Check if OpenSSH Server is already installed sc query sshd >nul 2>&1 if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo "OpenSSH Server not found. Attempting to install via dism..." goto :install_openssh_dism ) else ( echo "OpenSSH Server is already installed." goto :configure_openssh ) :: Install OpenSSH using dism :install_openssh_dism dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:OpenSSH-Client /All >nul 2>&1 dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:OpenSSH-Server /All >nul 2>&1 :: Check if dism succeeded in installing OpenSSH sc query sshd >nul 2>&1 if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo "OpenSSH installation via dism failed or is unavailable." goto :install_openssh_manual ) else ( echo "OpenSSH installed successfully using dism." goto :configure_openssh ) :: Function to Install OpenSSH manually if dism fails :install_openssh_manual echo "Installing OpenSSH manually..." :: Download the latest OpenSSH release set DOWNLOAD_URL=https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases/download/v9.5.0.0p1-Beta/OpenSSH-Win64.zip set DOWNLOAD_FILE=%temp%\OpenSSH-Win64.zip set INSTALL_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64 :: Create the installation directory if it doesn't exist if not exist "%INSTALL_DIR%" mkdir "%INSTALL_DIR%" :: Attempt to download OpenSSH using Invoke-WebRequest and TLS configuration powershell -Command "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; try { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '%DOWNLOAD_URL%' -OutFile '%DOWNLOAD_FILE%' -UseBasicParsing; exit 0 } catch { exit 1 }" if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo "Invoke-WebRequest download failed. Attempting to download using curl..." curl -L -o "%DOWNLOAD_FILE%" "%DOWNLOAD_URL%" if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo "Failed to download OpenSSH using curl. Exiting..." exit /b 1 ) ) :: Unzip directly to INSTALL_DIR (flatten the folder structure) powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path '%DOWNLOAD_FILE%' -DestinationPath '%INSTALL_DIR%' -Force" if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo "Failed to unzip OpenSSH package." exit /b 1 ) :: Move inner contents to INSTALL_DIR if nested OpenSSH-Win64 folder exists if exist "%INSTALL_DIR%\OpenSSH-Win64" ( xcopy "%INSTALL_DIR%\OpenSSH-Win64\*" "%INSTALL_DIR%\" /s /e /y rmdir "%INSTALL_DIR%\OpenSSH-Win64" /s /q ) :: Add the OpenSSH binaries to the system PATH setx /M PATH "%INSTALL_DIR%;%PATH%" :: Register OpenSSH utilities as services using PowerShell powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%INSTALL_DIR%\install-sshd.ps1'" :: Verify if manual installation succeeded sc query sshd >nul 2>&1 if %errorlevel% neq 0 ( echo "Manual OpenSSH installation failed. Exiting..." exit /b 1 ) else ( echo "OpenSSH installed successfully manually." goto :configure_openssh ) :configure_openssh :: Ensure OpenSSH Server service is set to start automatically and start the service sc config sshd start= auto net start sshd :: Create msys2.bat file with specific content set MSYS2_PATH=C:\msys64 if not exist "%MSYS2_PATH%" ( echo "Error: %MSYS2_PATH% does not exist." exit /b 1 ) echo @%MSYS2_PATH%\msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -here -no-start -msys > %MSYS2_PATH%\msys2.bat :: Run PowerShell command to set default shell powershell -Command "New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH' -Name 'DefaultShell' -Value '%MSYS2_PATH%\msys2.bat' -PropertyType String -Force" :: Open the Windows Firewall for sshd (using PowerShell) powershell -Command "New-NetFirewallRule -Name 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' -DisplayName 'OpenSSH Server (sshd) Incoming' -Description 'Allow incoming SSH traffic via OpenSSH server' -Enabled True -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Action Allow" echo "OpenSSH has been successfully configured with MSYS2 as the default shell, and the firewall has been opened for sshd." pause