Just make sure Pageant is running and your keys are loaded each time you wish to connect! You can add the connection as a bookmark in Filezilla. You should be able to connect directly to the server. Enter 22 for the port number and click Quickconnect. At the top enter the IP address and username. If you ever try to connect to a site and it doesn’t work it’s likely because Pageant isn’t running or, if it is, the keys are not loaded.įire up Filezilla. Just make sure it is running in your system tray. It’s safe to close Pageant at this point. In the next window click Add Key and select the private key you generated and saved above. If the icon is not visible it may be hidden. You will need to right-click on the little icon that appears in the bottom right system tray. It’s OK to save it without a passphrase (click yes).
Do the same for the private key and save it as “putty-private-key”. On the following screen click Save public key and save the key somewhere you can easily find it (we recommend Documents > PuTTY Keys (a new folder you will need to create). Name it “putty-public-key”. We will then add this (your public key) to the server. Copy all of this and paste it into an email and send it to us (right-click, Select All/Copy). Once the generation is complete you will see a bunch of gibberish at the top beginning with ssh-rsa. Click Generate and run your cursor around the grey space to generate randomness. Select SSH2-RSA and make sure you are generating a 2048-bit key. The version of FileZilla distributed by SourceForge contains malware for both Mac and Windows.Īfter you have downloaded and installed all 3 the first thing to do is run PuTTYgen. Do not download this (nor anything else) from SourceForge. Be sure to download at LEAST version 3.11. PuTTYgen ( 32-bit | 64-bit) – Key generator (.exe files)įileZilla – An FTP client that support SFTP/SSH. Pageant ( 32-bit | 64 bit) – A background task that loads your keys into memory making them accessible to programs. PuTTY – Allows you to manage connections (download the latest Windows MSI files - 32 or 64 bit)
Here is a quick and dirty tutorial on how to set up a Windows machine to generate SSH keys and connect to a site using FileZilla. These are fairly easy to manage on Mac/Linux machines but Windows, not so much. We are a bit more strict about our security than most hosts in that we do not use the traditional username/password combination to access web sites.
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