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Overview

This article explains how to generate an SSH public/private key pair on a Windows machine by using the PuTTYgen application, which is installed with PuTTY.

Procedure

1. If necessary, download and install PuTTY from putty.org

2. Run PuTTYgen and click the "Generate" button.

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3. Move your mouse over the blank area as instructed.

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4. Enter your name in the Key Comment field. Optionally specify a Key Passphrase.

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5. Click the "Save Private Key" button to save PPK file. (You will use this when you make an SSH connection to the server.

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6. Right-click the "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file" field and click "Select All" from the context menu.

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7. Copy and paste the text into a text file.

8. Save the file using the naming convention "FirstName_LastName.pub"



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