Andrew Fletcher published: 24 May 2022 1 minute read
How do you generate a .pem file from an existing .ppk key?
Is putty on your mac?
Check by running the command
puttygen -VWhich will generate a response similar to
puttygen: Release 0.76
Build platform: 64-bit Unix
Compiler: clang 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9)
Source commit: 1fd7baa7344bb....Don't have Putty, well easily fixed with homebrew.
brew install putty
Generate the key
We will use puttygen to generate the key.
puttygen key.ppk -O private-openssh -o key.pem| key.ppk | the original file path and name of the ppt file |
| -O private-openssh | the output type. private-openssh is used to save an SSH-2 private key in OpenSSH’s format |
| -o key.pem | the output file path and name of the new pem file |
In my case the CLI became
puttygen /Users/andrewfletcher/Sites/PEM/AMH.ppk -O private-openssh -o /Users/andrewfletcher/Sites/PEM/AMH.pem
Usage and access to the remote staging server
With the rem file generated, time to test the login process.
ssh {username}@{remote-server-ip} -i /Users/andrewfletcher/Sites/PEM/{filename}.pemReplace
| {username} | Remote server's access username |
| {remote-server-ip} | Of course the IP address of the remote server |
| {filename} | The path and rem file name |
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