What if you need to log in to your remote server from a Windows server!!
We all use well known PUTTY tool for that. Here we will discuss how to log in with a private key using PUTTY.
Open PuTTY Key Generator on Windows and upload your private .pem file.
Open putty key generator >> Load >> choose file
After file upload, a pop-up will come on display as shown in the below image.
Now download the private key by clicking on “save private key”.
Now you are ready to log in to your host using the private key via PuTTY. Open putty and provide the user name and host details.
Extract “SSH” on the left side bar and click on “Auth”
Upload your private key which we generated by the PuTTY key generator. And click on “Open” button.
That’s it!!