SSH Public Key for use with this plugin – PEM format required!

  • After spending tremendous time to make this plugin work, I realized that SSH public/private keys have a myriad of different formats – just to name few: OpenSSH, ssh.com, RFC4716, PEM … Just to let you know, when this plugin asks you to paste your private key PEM format is expected. This means that your key needs to have a form like:

    -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: AES-128-CBC,901B2323AB2234235180151

... (key contents) ...
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

    Keys starting with “BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY” seem not to be accepted.

    To convert your private key from OpenSSH to PEM use:

    cp .ssh/id_rsa .ssh/id_rsa.bak
ssh-keygen -p -m PEM -f .ssh/id_rsa

    Type your passphrase 3 times and you will get the required key saved in .ssh/id_rsa (the old one will be backed up in .ssh/id_rsa.bak).

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by btodorovic.
    • This topic was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by btodorovic.
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