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Learn how to install SFTP/SSH Server on Windows using OpenSSH in Adobe Campaign and Adobe Campaign Classic.
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Adobe Campaign (AC)
Adobe Campaign Classic(ACC)
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The purpose of this article is to explain how to install sftp/ssh server on your local machine.
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Installing SFTP/SSH Server:
On Windows 10:
- In the Settings app, go to Apps
>Apps & features>Manage optional features. - Locate the “OpenSSH server” feature, expand it, and select Install.
Binaries are installed to %WINDIR%\System32\OpenSSH. Configuration file (sshd_config) and host keys are installed to %ProgramData%\ssh (only after the server is started for the first time).
You may still want to use the following manual installation to install a newer version of OpenSSH than the one built into Windows 10.
On earlier versions of Windows:
- Download the latest OpenSSH for Windows binaries (package OpenSSH-Win64.zip or OpenSSH-Win32.zip)
- As the Administrator, extract the package to C:\Program Files\OpenSSH
- As the Administrator, install sshd and ssh-agent services:
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install-sshd.ps1
Configuring SSH server
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Allow incoming connections to SSH server in Windows Firewall:
- Either run the following PowerShell command (Windows 8 and 2012 or newer only) as the Administrator:
New-NetFirewallRule -Name sshd -DisplayName ‘OpenSSH SSH Server’ -Enabled True -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -Action Allow -LocalPort 22
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- or go to Control Panel
>System and Security>Windows Firewall1>Advanced Settings>Inbound Rules and add a new rule for port 22.
- or go to Control Panel
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Start the service and configure automatic start:
- Go to Control Panel
>System and Security>Administrative Tools and open Services. Locate OpenSSH SSH Server service. - If you want the server to start automatically when your machine is started: Go to Action
>Properties. In the Properties dialog, change the Startup type to Automatic and confirm. - Start the OpenSSH SSH Server service by clicking the Start the service.
- Go to Control Panel
NOTE: You can refer to this video tutorial for enabling and executing the OpenSSH server: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G1Qh-_jBTQ
Setting up SSH public key authentication
Follow a generic guide for Setting up SSH public key authentication in *nix OpenSSH server, with the following difference:
- Create the
.sshfolder (for theauthorized_keysfile) in your Windows account profile folder (typically inC:\Users\username\.ssh). - For permissions to the
.sshfolder andauthorized_keysfile, what matters are Windows ACL permissions, not simple *nix permissions. Set the ACL so that only a respective Windows account has to write access to the folder and the file (what is the default access level if you create the folder and the file while logged in using the respective account).
Connecting to the server
Finding Host Key
Before the first connection, find out the fingerprint of the server’s host key by using ssh-keygen.exe for each file.
In Windows command-prompt, use:
for %f in (%ProgramData%\ssh\ssh_host_*_key) do @%WINDIR%\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-keygen.exe -l -f "%f"Replace%WINDIR%\System32with%ProgramFiles%, if appropriate.
In PowerShell, use:
Get-ChildItem $env:ProgramData\ssh\ssh_host_*_key | ForEach-Object { . $env:WINDIR\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-keygen.exe -l -f $_ }Replace$env:WINDIR\System32with$env:ProgramFiles, if appropriate.
You will get an output like this:
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH>for %f in (%ProgramData%\ssh\ssh_host_*_key) do @%WINDIR%\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-keygen.exe -l -f "%f"1024 SHA256:K1kYcE7GHAqHLNPBaGVLOYBQif04VLOQN9kDbiLW/eE martin@example (DSA)256 SHA256:7pFXY/Ad3itb6+fLlNwU3zc6X6o/ZmV3/mfyRnE46xg martin@example (ECDSA)256 SHA256:KFi18tCRGsQmxMPioKvg0flaFI9aI/ebXfIDIOgIVGU martin@example (ED25519)2048 SHA256:z6YYzqGiAb1FN55jOf/f4fqR1IJvpXlKxaZXRtP2mX8 martin@example (RSA)