Convert PuTTY SSH Key Files to Linux Format

Mashiro · Posted by: Mashiro - 09-25-2019, 06:37 PM - Forum: Tutorials - No Replies

How to convert PuTTY (.ppk) SSH key files to Linux format (.pem)

Hello everyone!

This tutorial is going to be a rather brief guide about how to convert SSH key files created with PuTTY (ppk file extension) to the Linux SSH key file format (pem file extension) so that they can be used with the Linux command line SSH client "ssh".

This tutorial will probably be very helpful for everyone who decided to switch to Linux and use the inbuilt tools instead of installing different / additional SSH clients. In this case you are right here. Unfortunately the Linux ssh client doesn't support the ppk format. Hence why a conversion has to be performed.

P.S.: Yes, there is a Linux version of PuTTY that supports the .ppk format. If you are using the Linux version of PuTTY then this tutorial is not for you. Please move along. Nothing to see here. Don't post a reply saying there is a PuTTY version for Linux. No offense!

First of all you will have to install PuTTY tools. The PuTTY tools package is usually called "putty-tools". It contains command line tools from PuTTY that can be used to create ppk SSH keys, read the content (e.g. public key) and convert the format of these keys (what we want to do).

So start a terminal if you're using a Linux distribution with a GUI or if you are already in a terminal just continue with the commands below.

Commands below have to be performed as root or with sudo!

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint:

Code:
apt-get install putty-tools

RHEL/CentOS:

Code:
yum install putty

Fedora:

Code:
dnf install putty

Arch:

Code:
pacman -S putty

Now you can use the PuTTY tool "puttygen" which is the general tool for SSH key creation and management to convert the format.

Run the command below to convert your key and make sure to adjust the key filenames and the path to the keys.

Convert private key:

Code:
puttygen /path/to/myprivatekey.ppk -O private-openssh -o /path/to/myprivatekey.pem

Convert publicy key:

Code:
puttygen /path/to/myprivatekey.ppk -O public-openssh -o /path/to/mypublickey.pem

If you have a passphrase on your key pair you need to enter your password to allow the converting to proceed.

That's about it! Now you should have .pem files in the folder where your .ppk key files are stored. You can use the .pem files with the Linux ssh client to connect to servers and authenticate yourself. To do so you have to use the -i flag and provide the path to the private key .pem file.

Example:

Code:

ssh -p22 [email protected] -i /home/user/keys/server1-private.pem

Enjoy!

Sn1F3rt · Posted by: Sn1F3rt - 09-25-2019, 11:22 AM - Forum: VPS Reviews - Replies (20)

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The project on GitHub: https://github.com/sohamb03/bench-sh

CREDITS

Copyright © 2019 by sohamb03 (Fixing and adding new speed test servers and fixing OS display problems)
Copyright © 2015 - 2017 by Hidden Refuge (Various bug fixes and performance improvements)
Copyright © 2011 by dmmcintyre3 (Speed Test Modification)
Copyright © 2011 by akamaras/camarg (Original Script)

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DIRECT RUN:

Code:
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OR (if you don't have/want to download wget)

Code:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sohamb03/bench-sh/master/bench.sh && bash bench.sh && rm -rf bench.sh

[NOTE: Your OS might lack trusted CA bundles so please leave --no-check-certificate there so wget can download the file without saying unknown certificate issuer. You can always check the source code on Github if you're not sure what it does.]

Various other options for running the script:

Running the script as above (Direct Run) will run the classic mode that includes the system information, the IPv4 only speed test with 15x 100 MB test files in various regions around the world and the IO test. It will use 1.5 GB of bandwidth.

Classic mode with IPv6 only speed test:

Code:
./bench.sh -6
(This includes the system information, an IPv6 speed test that will download 10x 100 MB files from various regions around the world over IPv6 only and the IO test. This will use 1 GB of bandwidth.)
Dual stack speedtest:

Code:
./bench.sh -46 or ./bench -64
(This includes the system information, the IPv4 and IPv6 speedtest and the IO test. 2.5 GB bandwidth will be used.)
System information only:

Code:
./bench.sh -sys
(This will only display the system information without any speedtest and IO test.)
IO test only:

Code:
./bench.sh -io
(This will perform the 3 run IO test and the average IO calculation only.)
Classic mode with system benchmark:

Code:
./bench.sh -b
(Classic mode with system benchmark. This will use 1.5 GB bandwidth!)
IPv6 speedtest with system benchmark:

Code:
./bench.sh -b6
(IPv6 only speed test with system benchmark. This will use 1 GB bandwidth!)
Dual stack speedtest with system benchmark:

Code:
./bench -b46 or ./bench -b64
(Dual stack speed test with system benchmark. This will use 2.5 GB bandwidth.)

DEMO:

You can see the full result generated by the script including system information, IPv4 speedtest, and the IO test in the link below.

Demo Results: http://pastebin.com/ctVGzzmz

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Vote of Thanks: I'd like to express my sincere gratitude to @"Hidden Refuge" who helped me a lot in the modification of this script to what it's now. His valuable suggestions went a long way in helping users analyze their VPS's performance from different parts of the world. Also, he contributed by testing the beta script on his Debian VPS.

Thanks to @Decent12 who helped in testing this script on Ubuntu platform.

Thanks to @Dynamo, the architect of this forum, for his valuable work of creating this forum and integrating us together here in this community.

Finally, thanks to all the Post4VPS administrators and users who extended their support and encouragement that helped me a lot, especially @deanhills, @perryoo11 and all others who didn't find a mention.

NOTE: This whole thread was typed from my mobile using MyBB MyCode. As a result, errors in format might have crept in. Please feel free to report any such error here in this thread.

Regards,

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Gregol · Posted by: Gregol - 09-23-2019, 08:50 AM - Forum: Tutorials - Replies (13)

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