Although there is an accepted answer, the way to convert an already generated private key (id_rsa) to putty format: use this command: ssh-keygen -p -P "<old pass phrase>" -N "<new pass phrase>" -m PEM -f id_rsa to convert the key to putty acceptable format Open PuttyGen and f...
If you see the "Couldn’t load private key(unable to open file)" error message in PuTTYgen when you try to load a private key, then you should try the follo
Specify the location of the .ppk file you generated with PuTTYgen. When you connect, if your private key is passphrase-protected, you’ll be asked for the passphrase. The other approach, and the one I use, is to create shortcuts for the various servers I connect to regularly and specif...
On Windows, when you use Putty, first convert the.pemfile to a Putty-compatible.ppkwith the use of PuTTygen: Start PuTTygen. Navigate toFile > Load private keyas shown in the image. Set the file filter toAll Filesand open the downloaded.pemas shown in the imag...
Connect to Amazon EC2 with Putty If you’re on Windows, you can use an ssh client likePutty: Download Putty and puttygen Use puttygen to convert Amazon’s .pem key pair file to .ppk file. Start puttygen and select Load Select view all files and pick the .pem file you download from...
This is a putty key. It will not work with *nix ssh clients. You need to use PuTTYgen or similar software in order to convert your key to openssh format. Share Improve this answer Follow answered Feb 5, 2016 at 16:29 user1700494 1,66222 gold badges1414 silver badges2121 bronz...
The first thing I had to do is to convert my PuTTY .ppk private key file into a valid OpenSSH .pem key file. This can easily be done using the Export feature in PuTTYgen. As I wanted to support password encrypted private keys I also needed a function to decrypt the...
First, install PuTTY for Mac usingbrew install puttyorport install putty(see below). This will also install the command-line version ofputtygen, the PuTTY key generator tool. Then, use the following command to convert the.ppkformat private key to a standard PEM format private key: ...
Step 5, Set Up putty and Connect. Launch PuTTYgen. Make sure SSH-2-RSA option is checked. Click “Load”, in the drop down option select “All Files”, locate the .pem file downloaded earlier after creating Key Pairs, “save private key” with the same name and .ppk extension. ...
2. With PuTTYgen opened on your computer, click the “Generate” button as we have shown in the image below. Pressing this button will generate the public and private SSH keys that we will use to make our SSH connection to our device, in our case this will be the Raspberry Pi. 3. ...