
Save the key in the location of your choice (eg. If you go to Compute -> Access & Security, you will see the new Key Pair on the list.Ĭome back to puttygen.exe application and click "Save private key" button.

Paste the public key (obtained with puttygen.exe and saved in separate file) into Public Key field. If instead of copy-and-paste you save the public key by clicking "Save public key" in puttygen.exe, the key will not be accepted by Openstack (it has different format from that in the field under the title "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file"). key-01.pub).ĪTTENTION: the above method works well with Openstack. Save the file in the location of your choice (eg. Open the notepad and paste the whole text into new file.

Mark and copy the text from the field under the title "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file". To create SSH key pair (private and public) in Windows you need to install puttygen.exe application.Īfter installation please run puttygen.exe.Ĭlick "Generate" button and move the mouse cursor randomly over the blank area.
