Requirements

• PuTTY which is a tool for managing SSH sessions
• PuTTY gen (putty key generator) which is a tool for creating and managing SSH Keys

Steps

• Firstly save the SSH key in wordpad or something similar to ensure you do not lose it.
• Next launch the PuTTY key generator tool and click actions, then load and change the file type to all files.
• Choose the key you saved and then click on open, you should get a popup stating that the key was successfully imported.
• Next enter a password and enter the same password again at the confirm field, this will be the password ised whenever you log onto the server using the SSH key.
• Click save and then enter a name in the Save private key as so that it can be saved for use in PuTTY

How to log into PuTTy using the SSH private key

• Enter a name for the session ( It can be whatever you want)
• Click on connection then data and set the Auto-Login Username to root
• Then click on connection then SSH and the Auth and select the SSH Private key by clicking browse under private key file for authentication
• Next click session, then click save.
• You can now click open to begin your session