Generating SSH Keys
Using PuTTY to Generate SSH Keys in Windows
Use PuTTYGen on Windows to generate private/public key pairs for SSH authentication.
Once PuTTYGen has been downloaded, use the following procedure to generate a SSH key for a SoftNAS® instance in Microsoft Azure.
- Open PuTTYGen and select SSH-1 (RSA).
- Click Generate to generate new public/private keys.
- Generate randomness by moving the mouse when prompted.
- Copy the public key, which will be used for the SoftNAS® instance in Microsoft Azure.
Save both the private and public keys.
Using OpenSSH to Generate SSH Keys in Linux
To set up SSH access, the following is required:
- Create a public/private key pair.
- Copy the public key that will be uploaded to the remote server.
Create the Key Pair
- Open a Terminal session.
- Run the following command to create a new public/private key:
Generate Public/Private Key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048
- When prompted, select a location on the local machine to save the key. The default location is recommended.
- When prompted, provide a passphrase to protect the private key if it is required.
Adding the Key to the Remote Server
- Add the newly created public key to the SoftNAS® instance in Microsoft Azure. In order to do this, copy the key from Terminal and then paste it into the SoftNAS® VM at the time of creation.
- To display the key, run the following command and copy the entire output including ssh-rsa:
cat rsa.pub
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Move on to complete section Create & Configure Virtual Machine.