

Now if you need an OpenSSH formatted key you can retrieve it from this file. Open up notepad, and paste the key file into the clipboard, and save this as "id_rsa.pub". It should be one very long line which starts with ssh-rsa. Use the mouse to highlight all the text in the box "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file", and copy it to the clipboard. Give a filename of "id_rsa.ppk" (please save files into the same directory as where the executables are) You can change it at any time you want in the future.Ĭlick "Save private key". For now pick something that you will easily remember. It can be pretty much anything you want and as long as you want - including spaces - but if you forget it, your key becomes worthless. The passphrase is used to keep your private key encrypted on disk.

Move the mouse randomly over the blank area until the progress bar reaches 100% Key comment: Ĭonfirm passphrase:

