How to Generate SSH key in Windows

In this documentation, we can check how to generate SSK key in Windows server using Putty.

 

1) Download the putty from the following site.

http://www.putty.org/

2) Start the puttygen.exe generator.

3) Go to the section ‘Parameter’ and choose ‘SSH2 DSA’.

 

4) Click the button ‘Generate’.

5) Move the mouse randomly on the blank screen to generate the key pairs.

 

6) Enter the key comment.

 

7) Enter the key passphrase and confirm it.

8) Click the button ‘Save private key’ to save the private key.

9) Click the button ‘Save public key’ to save the public key.

 

10) Make sure to copy the text in the field ‘Public key for pasting into openSSH authorized keys file.

 

That is how we can generate SSH key in Windows using putty.

 

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