How to Generate SSH Keys on Windows using PuTTY Download

In order to Generate an SSH Key on Windows, you will need to download PuTTY. PuTTY is a free SSH and telnet client for Windows.

PuTTYgen is a robust SSH key pair generation tool that comes via PuTTY Download that will help you to generate an SSH-2 RSA key pair. This is the type of SSH key needed to access a Clouder VPS with SSH.

Be sure to Save your private key!

If you're using putty, you'll need to specify the private key when you're logging in, as follows:

1. In the putty connection configuration screen, expand Connection -> SSH -> Auth

2. Click the Browse button, and select your previously-created private key

3. Return to the Session Category. Name and save the session for easy future access.

How to Generate SSH Keys on Mac OS X & Linux

1. Search for and Launch the Terminal app.

2. Enter the following code and press enter:

ssh-keygen -t rsa

3. Press ENTER to store the key in the default folder /Users/Username/.ssh/id_rsa).

4. Type a passphrase (characters will not appear in Terminal).

5. Confirm your passphrase to finish SSH Keygen. You should get an output that looks something like this:

Your identification has been saved in /Users/myname/.ssh/id_rsa.Your public key has been saved in /Users/myname/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.The key fingerprint is:ae:89:72:0b:85:da:5a:f4:7c:1f:c2:43:fd:c6:44:30 myname@mymac.localThe key's randomart image is:+--[ RSA 2048]----+|                 ||         .       ||        E .      ||   .   . o       ||  o . . S .      || + + o . +       ||. + o = o +      || o...o * o       ||.  oo.o .        |+-----------------+

6. Copy your public SSH Key to your clipboard using the following code:

pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

7. Use ctrl+v or right-click and paste to paste your public SSH Key where it needs to go!