SSH, the secure shell, is often used to access remote Linux systems. But its authentication mechanism, where a private local key is paired with a public remote key, is used to secure all kinds of online services, from GitHub and Launchpad to Linux running on Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
Generate Ssh Key Windows Cmd
Using PuTTYTray to generate a key pair. If you are running Windows and PuTTYTray for SSH, you can use the built-in key generator from PuTTY to create a new key pair. Click the Keygen button at the bottom of the PuTTY Configuration window to get started. Then in the Key Generator window, check that the Type of key to generate at the bottom is.
Generating these keys from Linux is easy, and thanks to Ubuntu on Windows, you can follow the same process from Windows 10. But even without Ubuntu, SSH keys can also be generated with the free and open source Windows application, PuTTy
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Over the following few steps, we’ll guide you through the process of generating SSH keys using both Ubuntu on Windows and PuTTY.
Requirements
All you need is a PC running Windows 10 and either of the following installed:
Generate Ssh Key In Cmd
- Jul 20, 2019 Welcome to my first official guide on Dev.to. Today I want to explain how you can setup SSH and Git on your Windows 10 computer. Note: This is not about 100% securing your keys but about how to generate keys for use with GitHub.
- To generate the public/private key pair, enter this in the Command Prompt: ssh-keygen At the first prompt, “Enter file in which to save the key,” press Enter to save it in the default location.
- The
puttygen.exe
executable from PuTTY
Windows 10 Ssh Public Key
If you don’t already have Ubuntu on Windows, take a look at our Install Ubuntu on Windows 10 tutorial.