convert ppk to key (Linux)

ppk_to_key.md

Install Putty-Tools

• Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install putty-tools
• Debian-like: apt-get install putty-tools
• RPM based: dnf install putty or yum install putty

Convert ppk to private key

• puttygen id_dsa.ppk -O private-openssh -o id_dsa

Convert ppk to public key

• puttygen id_dsa.ppk -O public-openssh -o id_dsa.pub

Check and create a to path ~/.ssh if not exists

ssh_dir="~/.ssh"

if [ ! -d "$ssh_dir" ]; then mkdir -p "$directory" fi

Copy and check permission keys

• Copy keys to ~/.ssh
• chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_dsa
• chmod 666 ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub