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On a Windows platform you can use the PuTTY Key Generator utility to convert an existing private key from OpenSSH format to PuTTY format.

If SSHing from the cloud console is successful, then you can manually add the keys in the instance's authorized keys file. As there are some Google scripts (google-account-manager.) that run on the instance which can be ' turned off ' and didn't allow the key. Go back to the CloudSigma SSH key screen and paste this into the ‘public SSH key’ field. Open Putty and expand Connection / SSH / Auth and under ‘Private key file for authentication’, click browse and locate the Private Key (.ppk) that Puttygen created. In order to avoid having to manually add your SSH private key to Putty.

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  1. Start PuTTYgen on your Windows computer.
  2. Click Load.
  3. For the type of file, select All Files. Then browse to and select the private key file.
  4. If prompted, enter the passphrase for the private key, and then click OK.
  5. When a notice displays about a foreign key format, click OK.
  6. Optional: If the original key did not have a passphrase, then enter a value in Key passphrase and Confirm passphrase.

    Note:

    While a passphrase is not required, Oracle recommends using one as a security measure to protect the private key from unauthorized use. When you specify a passphrase, a user must enter the passphrase every time the private key is used.

  7. Click Save private key.
  8. Select a location to which to save the converted (.ppk) private key file.

Generating a SSH key and use the result to log in to your Azure Linux VM is not that hard to accomplish.
In the following article I want to go over the steps.

Get PuTTYgen to generate your SSH key

First we need to download another “PuTTY” tool called PuTTY Key Generator.
Just download the PuTTYgen executable and start it.

Create a new SSH key

Next you want to make sure that SSH-2 RSA is marked. Kerio control license key generator.


Hit “Generate” and make sure to move the mouse within the blank area of the application.

Save the key

If your key is created you can optional set a passphrase (this would prompt you for a password on a login with your key). Also you want to save the private key (we need it later for PuTTY).

In the key field, select the hole content and copy it to the clipboard.

Add the SSH key to Azure

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Login to Azure, select your VM, “All Settings” and “Reset password“. Enter a username (please mind the info box above the “User name” field) and select “SSH public key“. Insert your copied key into the text box and hit “Save“.

Log in to your VM via PuTTY

When your settings are saved, open PuTTY enter your login ip / url on the start form, then select “Connection -> SSH -> Auth” and hit “Browse …“.

Now select your saved private key and hit “Open“.

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If everything worked out, PuTTY will ask for a username (optional your passphrase). Enter the username from the Azure Portal and you are logged in.