Detailed explanation of the steps to install OpenSSH service on Windows 7 (valid in personal test)

OpenSSH is an open source version of the Secure Shell (SSH) tool used by administrators of Linux and other non-Windows systems to manage remote systems across platforms. OpenSSH was added to Windows in fall 2018 and is included in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. But Windows7 doesn’t have it! So this article will introduce to you how to install the OpenSSH service in Windows 7. It has been tested by myself and it works!

Steps to install OpenSSH service on Windows 7:

Step one: Download OpenSSH related files

Click to open this link: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases, then find and click to download OpenSSH-Win64.zip;

on the page that opens.

Step 2: Unzip the file

Extract the downloaded zip file to the C:\Program Files path;

Step 3: Set environment variables

Right-click "Computer" and select Open: Properties ->System->Advanced System Settings->Environment Variables

Then select path# in System Variables ##Variables, and add ;C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64 in the "Variable Value" column of "Edit System Variables". Note that different variable values ​​must be separated by semicolons;

Step 4: Test

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