PEM
is a container format that could among other things be used to store certificate authority (CA
) files, SSH
public and private keys or Root SSL certificate.
You will not be able to directly use a .pem
SSH
private key using programs like PuTTY
as PuTTY
only accept .ppk
(PuTTY Private Key
) files. For this you'll have to convert a .pem
file to .ppk
using PuTTY Key Generator
or PuTTYGen
.
PuTTY Key Generator
(puttygen.exe
) from the official website and launch the program. https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
Load
button from PuTTYgen
's main interface. Files of type
to All Files (*.*)
, select your PEM
file and click Open
. PEM
private key file if prompted and click OK
. OK
on the successful import of the file notification. Save private key
. Yes
if you don't set any passphrase on your key before and getting warned about it. Save
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