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Creating a PPK key from an id_rsa key using windows subsystem for linux (WSL2)

  1. Given a working key:

    ~/.ssh/id_rsa

  2. Given the public key installled on https://github.com/settings/keys

    ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

  3. Install putty tools

    sudo apt install putty-tools

  4. Create the ppk

    puttygen id_rsa -o id_rsa.ppk

  5. Given a simlink

    keys -> /mnt/c/Users/<USER>/<blah>/<blah>/

  6. Copy the ppk to the keys directory

    cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.ppk ~/keys/id_rsa.ppk

  7. Set winscp to use the new ppk key

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