Login to server with SSH client software in CentOS

When the SSH service of the server is running properly, we can use sshhttp://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/5218.html "> client software to log on to the server on our PC. Complete server configuration and maintenance in this way. Not strictly speaking, at this time the server does not need a monitor and keyboard, because most of the configuration work can be in the remote (LAN) client control.

Here, for example, one of the easy-to-use SSH client Software-Putty, describes how to log on to the server from your own PC.

Convert private key from server side to putty available private key

In the section using OpenSSH to build an SSH server, we use the private key of the corresponding user on the server side in a secure way to--3.5 the disk as media, to the remote terminal (personal PC, and so on), and here's how to download the remote terminal to log on to the server with SSH client software.

SSH client software We are prepared to use with Easy-to-use PuTTY. But the private key that the server side generates directly, putty cannot use directly, need to use Puttygen to convert to Putty can use private key.

[1] Under the private key conversion tool Puttygen. And the private key that will be converted is copied from the floppy disk to the appropriate location on the remote terminal local hard drive.

[2] Running Puttygen, the following window appears:

[3] Click Load to select the server-side generated private key (file type to select "All Files"). Follows

[4] starts converting the private key, where you need to enter the password when the private key is established on the server side. Enter the password in the text box to begin the conversion, as follows: