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| ==== Creating ssh keys with PuTTYgen ==== | ==== Creating ssh keys with PuTTYgen ==== | ||
| - | If you don't have a set of ssh keys, follow the steps below to **create private and public keys** | + | If you don't have a existing set of ssh keys, follow the steps below to **create private and public keys**. |
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| + | Note: extra technical details (that you can safely ignore) are available in the official [[https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.78/htmldoc/Chapter8.html#pubkey-puttygen|Using PuTTYgen, the PuTTY key generator]] documentation | ||
| * Make sure that the type of key (at the bottom of the ''PuTTYgen'' window) is ''EdDSA'' (short for //Edwards-curve DSA//), with the default ''255'' bits. This will generate ''ed25519'' keys | * Make sure that the type of key (at the bottom of the ''PuTTYgen'' window) is ''EdDSA'' (short for //Edwards-curve DSA//), with the default ''255'' bits. This will generate ''ed25519'' keys | ||
| - | * You could use ''RSA'' and ''4096'' bits, but ''ed25519'' keys are recommended on the IPSL servers | + | * You could also use ''RSA'' and ''4096'' bits, but ''ed25519'' keys are now recommended on the IPSL servers |
| + | * {{:other:putty_23b.png?direct&500|}} | ||
| * Click on the ''Generate'' button and move your mouse to generate some random information | * Click on the ''Generate'' button and move your mouse to generate some random information | ||
| * Type your ''Key passphrase'' and confirm it | * Type your ''Key passphrase'' and confirm it | ||
| - | * Click on the ''Save private key'' button, and create a ''id_rsa.ppk'' file (or ''any_name_you_want.ppk'')\\ {{ :other:putty_23.png?direct&400 |}} | + | * Click on the ''Save private key'' button, and create an ''id_ed25519**.ppk**'' file |
| - | * Click on the ''Save private key'' button, and create a ''id_ed25519**.ppk**'' file | + | * **Important!** Click ''Conversions''=>''Export OpenSSH Key'' and create an ''id_ed25519'' file |
| - | * Click on the ''Save public key'' button, and create a ''id_ed25519.pub'' file | + | * You will not need this file when you use PuTTY, but you may need to use this private key in a standard text format later, on Linux computers/servers |
| + | * Click on the ''Save public key'' button, and create a ''id_ed25519**.pub**'' file | ||
| * You will need to [[other:ssh#installing_ssh_keys|install the public key]] on all the remote Linux server that you want to connect to using the ssh agent, instead of typing your password | * You will need to [[other:ssh#installing_ssh_keys|install the public key]] on all the remote Linux server that you want to connect to using the ssh agent, instead of typing your password | ||
| - | * Click on ''Conversions''=>''Export OpenSSH key'', and create a (standard) ''id_rsa'' file\\ You will not need this file with Putty, but it is just in case you need to use your private key later on a Linux computer | ||
| ==== Using the private key in Pageant ==== | ==== Using the private key in Pageant ==== | ||
other/putty_conf.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/29 15:43 by jypeter
