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Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem)Convert a PuTTY format private key file (.ppk) to OpenSSH (.pem).
Dim key As New Chilkat.SshKey() Dim success As Boolean ' Load an unencrypted or encrypted PuTTY private key. ' If your PuTTY private key is encrypted, set the Password ' property before calling FromPuttyPrivateKey. ' If your PuTTY private key is not encrypted, it makes no diffference ' if Password is set or not set. key.Password = "secret" ' First load the .ppk file into a string: Dim keyStr As String keyStr = key.LoadText("putty_private_key.ppk") ' Import into the SSH key object: success = key.FromPuttyPrivateKey(keyStr) If (success <> true) Then MsgBox(key.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If ' Convert to an encrypted or unencrypted OpenSSH key. ' First demonstrate converting to an unencrypted OpenSSH key Dim unencryptedKeyStr As String Dim bEncrypt As Boolean bEncrypt = false unencryptedKeyStr = key.ToOpenSshPrivateKey(bEncrypt) success = key.SaveText(unencryptedKeyStr,"unencrypted_openssh.pem") If (success <> true) Then MsgBox(key.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If ' Save to an encrypted OpenSSH PEM file: Dim encryptedKeyStr As String bEncrypt = true key.Password = "myPassword" encryptedKeyStr = key.ToOpenSshPrivateKey(bEncrypt) success = key.SaveText(encryptedKeyStr,"encrypted_openssh.pem") If (success <> true) Then MsgBox(key.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If MsgBox("Done!") |
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