{"id":605,"date":"2024-05-07T21:12:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=605"},"modified":"2024-08-28T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:24:51","slug":"setup-of-key-pairs-in-windows-and-configuring-putty","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/knowledge-base\/setup-of-key-pairs-in-windows-and-configuring-putty\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup of Key pairs in Windows and configuring putty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Generate SSH keys<\/strong>: Run the command ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096<\/code> in your terminal. When prompted, save the keys to C:\\Users\\<username>\\.ssh\\rsa<\/code> and do not set a password.<\/li>\n
  2. Check the generated files<\/strong>: Two files, id_rsa<\/code> and id_rsa.pub<\/code>, should be created in the directory you specified.<\/li>\n
  3. Copy public key to server<\/strong>: Copy the contents of id_rsa.pub<\/code> into your mind.cs.cmu.edu:~\/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/code> file.<\/li>\n
  4. Download and install PuTTY<\/strong>: You can download it from the official website<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Launch PuTTYGen<\/strong>: Use this to convert your private key to a format PuTTY can use.\n
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    • Import and convert key<\/strong>:\u00a0 Go to Conversions>Import key<\/code>, select your id_rsa<\/code> file, then click Save private key<\/code>. Save the new .ppk<\/code> file as id_rsa2<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Configure PuTTY<\/strong>:\n
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      • Open PuTTY without connecting to a remote system.<\/li>\n
      • Navigate to Connection>Data<\/code> and set the Auto-login username<\/code> to your SSH username.<\/li>\n
      • Navigate to Connection>SSH>Auth>Credentials<\/code>, click Browse<\/code> under Private key file for authentication<\/code>, and select your id_rsa2.ppk<\/code> file.<\/li>\n
      • Set Session Host Name<\/code> to mind.cs.cmu.edu<\/code>.<\/li>\n
      • Save these settings under Saved sessions<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Log in<\/strong>: To log in, open PuTTY, load your saved session, and click Open<\/code>. You should be automatically logged in to mind<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Generate SSH keys: Run the command ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 in your terminal. When prompted, save the keys to C:\\Users\\<username>\\.ssh\\rsa and do not set a password. Check the generated files: Two files, id_rsa and id_rsa.pub, should be created in the directory you specified. Copy public key to server: Copy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[12],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-605","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-getting-started"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/605\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}