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Adding private key to Windows Server 2016
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Getting the following error when trying to SSH into your windows machine?

Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).

This is probably because PasswordAuthentication is set to no. It also maybe that you haven't added your public key to the server. To add your public key follow these steps

Step 1: Generate on SSH Key pair

Log onto your local machine and generate a ssh key pair. For this gist I will be using windows_server as the file name

$ cd ~/.ssh
$ ssh-keygen -f windows_server

Step 2: Copy Public Key

Copy the contents of windows_server.pub to C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys file in your windows server.

Step 3: Restart the sshd server.

Open Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools > Services. Look for OpenSSH SSH Server on the list of services. Click on restart on the right hand side.

That's it friends. Hopefully this had solved your problem.

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Thanks dear bro solved

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