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| description: > | ||
| Example showing how to use Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows to configure the default shell for SSH sessions. | ||
| ms.date: 07/15/2025 | ||
| ms.topic: reference | ||
| title: Configure default shell for SSH | ||
| --- | ||
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| # Configure default shell for SSH | ||
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| This example demonstrates how to use the `Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows` resource to | ||
| set the default shell for SSH connections. The examples below configure PowerShell | ||
| as the default shell for all SSH sessions. | ||
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| > [!NOTE] | ||
| > You should run this example in an elevated context (as Administrator) to | ||
| > ensure the SSH server configuration can be updated successfully. | ||
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| ## Test the current default shell | ||
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| The following snippet shows how you can use the resource with the [dsc resource test][00] command to check whether PowerShell is set as the default shell. | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| $instance = @{ | ||
| shell = 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' | ||
| } | ConvertTo-Json | ||
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| dsc resource test --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows --input $instance | ||
| ``` | ||
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| When PowerShell is not set as the default shell, DSC returns the following result: | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| desiredState: | ||
| shell: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | ||
| actualState: {} | ||
| inDesiredState: false | ||
| differingProperties: | ||
| - shell | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Set PowerShell as the default shell | ||
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| To set PowerShell as the default shell for SSH, use the [dsc resource set][01] command. | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| dsc resource set --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows --input $instance | ||
| ``` | ||
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| When the resource updates the default shell, DSC returns the following result: | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| beforeState: {} | ||
| afterState: | ||
| shell: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | ||
| changedProperties: | ||
| - shell | ||
| ``` | ||
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| You can test the instance again to confirm that PowerShell is now the default shell: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| dsc resource test --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows --input $instance | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| desiredState: | ||
| shell: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | ||
| actualState: | ||
| shell: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | ||
| inDesiredState: true | ||
| differingProperties: [] | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Cleanup | ||
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| To restore your system to its original state, set `shell` to an empty string. The resource | ||
| removes the `DefaultShell` registry value when the property is set to `""`: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| $cleanup = @{ shell = '' } | ConvertTo-Json | ||
| dsc resource set --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows --input $cleanup | ||
| ``` | ||
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| Alternatively, you can remove the registry value directly: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| $params = @{ | ||
| Path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH' | ||
| Name = 'DefaultShell' | ||
| ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' | ||
| } | ||
| Remove-ItemProperty @params | ||
| ``` | ||
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| To verify the configuration is removed, use the `dsc resource get` command: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| dsc resource get --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows --input $instance | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| actualState: {} | ||
| ``` | ||
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| <!-- Link reference definitions --> | ||
| [00]: ../../../../../cli/resource/test.md | ||
| [01]: ../../../../../cli/resource/set.md | ||
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| description: Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows resource reference documentation | ||
| ms.date: 07/02/2025 | ||
| ms.topic: reference | ||
| title: Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows | ||
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| # Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows | ||
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| ## Synopsis | ||
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| Manage SSH server global configuration settings on Windows. | ||
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| ## Metadata | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| Version : 0.1.0 | ||
| Kind : resource | ||
| Tags : [OpenSSH, Windows] | ||
| Author : Microsoft | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Instance definition syntax | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| resources: | ||
| - name: <instance name> | ||
| type: Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows | ||
| properties: | ||
| # Instance properties | ||
| shell: | ||
| cmdOption: | ||
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| escapeArguments: | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Condition | ||
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| The resource only applies on systems where the `sshd` executable is available in PATH. DSC | ||
| evaluates this with the expression `[not(equals(tryWhich('sshd'), null()))]` and skips the | ||
| resource if `sshd` is not found. | ||
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| ## Description | ||
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| The `Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/Windows` resource enables you to idempotently manage the Windows | ||
| OpenSSH server global settings. These settings are stored in the Windows registry under | ||
| `HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH` and control the default shell behavior for SSH sessions: | ||
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| - Set the default shell executable for SSH connections. | ||
| - Specify command-line options to pass to the default shell. | ||
| - Control whether shell arguments are escaped. | ||
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| > [!NOTE] | ||
| > This resource is installed with DSC itself on systems. | ||
| > | ||
| > You can update this resource by updating DSC. When you update DSC, the updated version of this | ||
| > resource is automatically available. | ||
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| ## Requirements | ||
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| - The resource requires OpenSSH server and client to be installed on the Windows system. | ||
| - The resource must run in a process context that has permissions to manage the SSH server | ||
| configuration settings. | ||
| - The resource must run at least under a Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10 (build 1809) | ||
| operating system or later. | ||
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| ## Capabilities | ||
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| The resource has the following capabilities: | ||
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| - `get` - You can use the resource to retrieve the actual state of an instance. | ||
| - `set` - You can use the resource to enforce the desired state for an instance. | ||
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| This resource uses the synthetic test functionality of DSC to determine whether an instance is in | ||
| the desired state. For more information about resource capabilities, see | ||
| [DSC resource capabilities][00]. | ||
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| ## Examples | ||
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| 1. [Configure default shell PowerShell][01] - Shows how to set the default shell to PowerShell.exe | ||
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| ## Properties | ||
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| The following list describes the properties for the resource. | ||
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| - **Instance properties:** <a id="instance-properties"></a> The following properties are optional. | ||
| They define the desired state for an instance of the resource. | ||
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| - [shell](#shell) - The path to the default shell for SSH. | ||
| - [cmdOption](#cmdOption) - Specifies command-line options for the shell. | ||
| - [escapeArguments](#escapeArguments) - Specifies whether shell arguments should be escaped. | ||
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| ### shell | ||
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| <details><summary>Expand for <code>shell</code> property metadata</summary> | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| Type : string, null | ||
| IsRequired : false | ||
| IsKey : false | ||
| IsReadOnly : false | ||
| IsWriteOnly : false | ||
| ``` | ||
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| </details> | ||
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| Defines the path to the default shell executable to use for SSH sessions. | ||
| When specified, the value must be a valid path to an executable on the system. | ||
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| ### cmdOption | ||
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| <details><summary>Expand for <code>cmdOption</code> property metadata</summary> | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| Type : string, null | ||
| IsRequired : false | ||
| IsKey : false | ||
| IsReadOnly : false | ||
| IsWriteOnly : false | ||
| ``` | ||
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| </details> | ||
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| Specifies optional command-line options to pass to the shell when it's launched. | ||
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| ### escapeArguments | ||
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| <details><summary>Expand for <code>escapeArguments</code> property metadata</summary> | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| Type : boolean, null | ||
| IsRequired : false | ||
| IsKey : false | ||
| IsReadOnly : false | ||
| IsWriteOnly : false | ||
| ``` | ||
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| </details> | ||
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| Determines whether shell arguments should be escaped. When set to `true`, the arguments will be | ||
| properly escaped before being passed to the shell. | ||
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| ## Instance validating schema | ||
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| The resource generates its schema dynamically at runtime by running | ||
| `sshdconfig schema -s windows-global`. The following snippet shows the effective schema that | ||
| validates an instance of the resource. | ||
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| ```json | ||
| { | ||
| "type": "object", | ||
| "properties": { | ||
| "shell": { | ||
| "type": [ | ||
| "string", | ||
| "null" | ||
| ] | ||
| }, | ||
| "cmdOption": { | ||
| "type": [ | ||
| "string", | ||
| "null" | ||
| ] | ||
| }, | ||
| "escapeArguments": { | ||
| "type": [ | ||
| "boolean", | ||
| "null" | ||
| ] | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Exit codes | ||
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| The resource returns the following exit codes from operations: | ||
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| - [0](#exit-code-0) - Success | ||
| - [1](#exit-code-1) - Invalid parameter | ||
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| ### Exit code 0 | ||
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| Indicates the resource operation completed without errors. | ||
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| ### Exit code 1 | ||
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| Indicates the resource operation failed due to an invalid parameter. When the resource returns this | ||
| exit code, it also emits an error message with details about the invalid parameter. | ||
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| ## See also | ||
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| - [Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell resource][02] | ||
| - For more information about OpenSSH, see [OpenSSH Documentation][03] | ||
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| <!-- Link definitions --> | ||
| [00]: ../../../../../concepts/resources/capabilities.md | ||
| [01]: ./examples/configure-default-shell-powershell.md | ||
| [02]: ../../../DSC/PowerShell/index.md | ||
| [03]: /windowsserverdocs/WindowsServerDocs/administration/OpenSSH/openssh-overview | ||
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| description: > | ||
| Example showing how to use Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/sshd_config to export current SSH server | ||
| configuration settings. | ||
| ms.date: 05/07/2026 | ||
| ms.topic: reference | ||
| title: Export OpenSSH SSH server configuration | ||
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| # Export OpenSSH SSH server configuration | ||
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| This example demonstrates how to use the `Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/sshd_config` resource with the | ||
| [dsc resource export][00] command to retrieve all current SSH server configuration settings as a | ||
| DSC configuration document that you can save and re-apply later. | ||
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| > [!NOTE] | ||
| > You should run this example in an elevated context (as Administrator on Windows, or with `sudo` | ||
| > on Linux) to ensure the SSH server configuration can be read successfully. | ||
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| ## Export the current SSH server configuration | ||
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| Run the following command to export the current `sshd_config` settings: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| dsc resource export --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/sshd_config | ||
| ``` | ||
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| DSC returns a configuration document with one resource instance per exported setting. The output | ||
| looks similar to the following, where the exact properties and values reflect what is currently | ||
| configured on the system: | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
| $schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json | ||
| resources: | ||
| - name: Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/sshd_config[0] | ||
| type: Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/sshd_config | ||
| properties: | ||
| port: '22' | ||
| addressfamily: any | ||
| listenaddress: '0.0.0.0' | ||
| syslogfacility: AUTH | ||
| loglevel: INFO | ||
| logingracetime: 120 | ||
| strictmodes: 'yes' | ||
| maxauthtries: 6 | ||
| pubkeyauthentication: 'yes' | ||
| authorizedkeysfile: .ssh/authorized_keys | ||
| passwordauthentication: 'no' | ||
| permitemptypasswords: 'no' | ||
| challengeresponseauthentication: 'no' | ||
| kerberosauthentication: 'no' | ||
| gssapiauthentication: 'no' | ||
| usepam: 'yes' | ||
| x11forwarding: 'no' | ||
| printmotd: 'no' | ||
| acceptenv: LANG LC_* | ||
| subsystem: sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server | ||
| ``` | ||
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| > [!NOTE] | ||
| > The output is truncated in this example. The actual output includes all effective | ||
| > `sshd_config` directives for your system, including defaults inherited from OpenSSH. | ||
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| ## Save the export to a configuration file | ||
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| You can pipe the export output to a file to create a backup of your current SSH server | ||
| configuration: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| dsc resource export --resource Microsoft.OpenSSH.SSHD/sshd_config > sshd_backup.dsc.config.yaml | ||
| ``` | ||
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| To re-apply the saved configuration to a system, use the [dsc config set][01] command: | ||
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| ```powershell | ||
| dsc config set --document sshd_backup.dsc.config.yaml | ||
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| <!-- Link reference definitions --> | ||
| [00]: ../../../../../../cli/resource/export.md | ||
| [01]: ../../../../../../cli/config/set.md | ||
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