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Generating SSH Certificate in Windows

Software Requirements

Download and install Open SSL

Download and install Putty Gen

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Configuration

Find the OpenSSL installation folder such as:
C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\

Create a folder named 'cert' inside bin folder.

Open the command prompt as administrator and navigate to the OpenSSL bin folder

cd C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\
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Generate the private key and the CRT in the cert folder:

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout cert/privateKey-example.key -out cert/certificate-example.crt
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Generate the PFX certificate:

openssl pkcs12 -export -out cert/certificate-example.pfx -inkey cert/privateKey-example.key -in cert/certificate-example.crt
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At this poin 3 files should be generated in the cert folder:

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Generate a PKCS#1 Private key

openssl pkcs12 -in cert/certificate-example.pfx -nocerts -out cert/privateKey-example.pem
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Decrypt the private key to generate the ppk

openssl rsa -in cert/privateKey-example.pem -out cert/teste-privateKey-example-decrypted_key.pem
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Execute the Putty Gen program and load the decrypted private key
Save the new private and public key as ppk.

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At this point the public and private key could be used for SFTP authentication.

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