Generate SSH key on Linux and Convert SSH key to PPK

In this tutorial i will show you how to generate ssh key on Linux using the ssh-keygen and rsa, convert the ssh key to ppk using puttygen after creating new user on Linux. Generate SSH Key on Linux and Convert it with Puttygen for Windows In this tutorial i will show you how to generate an ssh key on linux, i will be using the ssh keygen and convert the key using puttygen. Steps: Login to your Linux Machine Create new user Replace newUser with any user name you desire. useradd newUser Then switch to the desired user su newUser Generate new SSH Key ssh-keygen -t rsa Authorized Keys Now we need to add the public key to the authorized keys list cat /home/newUser/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to /home/newUser/.ssh/authorized_keys Modify file permissions for security purposes chmod 644 /home/newUser/.ssh/authorized_keys Transfer private key to your local machine You can simply copy the file content of /home/newUser/.ssh/id_rsa to a file and name it newUser.pem Note: If you are using notepad be sure to save the file using 'ansi' encoding. Notepad Unicode Ansi Convert pem to ppk This is an essential step to use the key from windows system. Download puttygen.exe Load private key Choose the file you created save with .ppk extension Written Tutorial: http://dotsway.com/2017/06/01/generate-ssh-key-linux-convert-used-linux/ Convert SSH Pem Key to PPK https://goo.gl/327A4g