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AWS gave me a private key in the format of .pem. I am trying to use it with PuTTY but failed and I read I need to generate a key with PuTTYgen but PuTTYgen is only for Windows. So I am trying to use the Linux command ssh-keygen. But what is exactly the command that can generate such a key that PuTTY can use?

BTW, I can connect with console using ssh without problem with the .pem file.

ssh amazon-web-services ssh-keys putty

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  As Martin's answer mentions, putty and puttygen are available for Linux. In Ubuntu for example, puttygen is part of the putty-tools package.
  
  – Andrew Schulman
  May 18 '15 at 8:36
  

  
  
  
  

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AWS gave me a private key in the format of .pem. I am trying to use it with PuTTY but failed and I read I need to generate a key with PuTTYgen but PuTTYgen is only for Windows. So I am trying to use the Linux command ssh-keygen. But what is exactly the command that can generate such a key that PuTTY can use?

BTW, I can connect with console using ssh without problem with the .pem file.

ssh amazon-web-services ssh-keys putty

share|improve this question

edited May 18 '15 at 8:49

kasperd

26.8k1252104

asked May 18 '15 at 7:57

AlexAlex

82

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  As Martin's answer mentions, putty and puttygen are available for Linux. In Ubuntu for example, puttygen is part of the putty-tools package.
  
  – Andrew Schulman
  May 18 '15 at 8:36
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

AWS gave me a private key in the format of .pem. I am trying to use it with PuTTY but failed and I read I need to generate a key with PuTTYgen but PuTTYgen is only for Windows. So I am trying to use the Linux command ssh-keygen. But what is exactly the command that can generate such a key that PuTTY can use?

BTW, I can connect with console using ssh without problem with the .pem file.

ssh amazon-web-services ssh-keys putty

share|improve this question

edited May 18 '15 at 8:49

kasperd

26.8k1252104

asked May 18 '15 at 7:57

AlexAlex

82

share|improve this question

edited May 18 '15 at 8:49

kasperd

26.8k1252104

asked May 18 '15 at 7:57

AlexAlex

82

share|improve this question

edited May 18 '15 at 8:49

kasperd

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asked May 18 '15 at 7:57

AlexAlex

82

edited May 18 '15 at 8:49

kasperd

26.8k1252104

edited May 18 '15 at 8:49

kasperd

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asked May 18 '15 at 7:57

AlexAlex

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asked May 18 '15 at 7:57

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To convert the .pem key to the .ppk key using the *nix command-line version of the puttygen use:

puttygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk

See the puttygen man page.

There's PuTTY rpm and "putty-tools" package available for many *nix distributions.

---

The .ppk format is proprietary to PuTTY, so tools outside of PuTTY toolset (like the ssh-keygen) do not support it.

Note that you can convert the key on Windows using GUI version of PuTTYgen and still use the converted key on Linux.

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edited 11 mins ago

answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

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  Thanks. It seems opensuse does not have such tool package unfortunately. Maybe console ssh is good enough.
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 10:09
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I meant to use ssh command in terminal to connect instead of putty. Sorry, in fact puttygen is available when I install putty in opensuse. I thought there's a package called puttygen. Thanks a lot.
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 10:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry. New to the site, I tried to upvote and failed so thought that I couldn't do nth...
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 13:04
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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You need to convert the provided PEM file to PPK file using Puttygen tool in Windows.

• Open puttygen and click on import key option in the menu.


• Once it is imported you will see the button which says "Save Private
  Key".


• Save it as a xyz.ppk file name and they load that ppk file in putty
  and login.

Hope this helps.

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To convert the .pem key to the .ppk key using the *nix command-line version of the puttygen use:

puttygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk

See the puttygen man page.

There's PuTTY rpm and "putty-tools" package available for many *nix distributions.

---

The .ppk format is proprietary to PuTTY, so tools outside of PuTTY toolset (like the ssh-keygen) do not support it.

Note that you can convert the key on Windows using GUI version of PuTTYgen and still use the converted key on Linux.

share|improve this answer

edited 11 mins ago

answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks. It seems opensuse does not have such tool package unfortunately. Maybe console ssh is good enough.
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 10:09
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I meant to use ssh command in terminal to connect instead of putty. Sorry, in fact puttygen is available when I install putty in opensuse. I thought there's a package called puttygen. Thanks a lot.
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 10:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry. New to the site, I tried to upvote and failed so thought that I couldn't do nth...
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 13:04
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

To convert the .pem key to the .ppk key using the *nix command-line version of the puttygen use:

puttygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk

See the puttygen man page.

There's PuTTY rpm and "putty-tools" package available for many *nix distributions.

---

The .ppk format is proprietary to PuTTY, so tools outside of PuTTY toolset (like the ssh-keygen) do not support it.

Note that you can convert the key on Windows using GUI version of PuTTYgen and still use the converted key on Linux.

share|improve this answer

edited 11 mins ago

answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

5,3012558

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks. It seems opensuse does not have such tool package unfortunately. Maybe console ssh is good enough.
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 10:09
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I meant to use ssh command in terminal to connect instead of putty. Sorry, in fact puttygen is available when I install putty in opensuse. I thought there's a package called puttygen. Thanks a lot.
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 10:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry. New to the site, I tried to upvote and failed so thought that I couldn't do nth...
  
  – Alex
  May 18 '15 at 13:04
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

To convert the .pem key to the .ppk key using the *nix command-line version of the puttygen use:

puttygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk

See the puttygen man page.

There's PuTTY rpm and "putty-tools" package available for many *nix distributions.

---

The .ppk format is proprietary to PuTTY, so tools outside of PuTTY toolset (like the ssh-keygen) do not support it.

Note that you can convert the key on Windows using GUI version of PuTTYgen and still use the converted key on Linux.

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edited 11 mins ago

answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

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puttygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk

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answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

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answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

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answered May 18 '15 at 8:26

Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl

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You need to convert the provided PEM file to PPK file using Puttygen tool in Windows.

• Open puttygen and click on import key option in the menu.


• Once it is imported you will see the button which says "Save Private
  Key".


• Save it as a xyz.ppk file name and they load that ppk file in putty
  and login.

Hope this helps.

share|improve this answer

answered May 18 '15 at 8:46

serverliving.comserverliving.com

662313

add a comment | 

0

You need to convert the provided PEM file to PPK file using Puttygen tool in Windows.

• Open puttygen and click on import key option in the menu.


• Once it is imported you will see the button which says "Save Private
  Key".


• Save it as a xyz.ppk file name and they load that ppk file in putty
  and login.

Hope this helps.

share|improve this answer

answered May 18 '15 at 8:46

serverliving.comserverliving.com

662313

add a comment | 

You need to convert the provided PEM file to PPK file using Puttygen tool in Windows.

• Open puttygen and click on import key option in the menu.


• Once it is imported you will see the button which says "Save Private
  Key".


• Save it as a xyz.ppk file name and they load that ppk file in putty
  and login.

Hope this helps.

share|improve this answer

answered May 18 '15 at 8:46

serverliving.comserverliving.com

662313

share|improve this answer

answered May 18 '15 at 8:46

serverliving.comserverliving.com

662313

answered May 18 '15 at 8:46

serverliving.comserverliving.com

662313

answered May 18 '15 at 8:46

serverliving.comserverliving.com

662313