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# Generate SSH Key on Windows

## Download PuTTY and PuTTYgen for Windows

**PuTTYgen**

**PuTTY**

### Generate Private and Public key

1. **Start PuTTYgen**

2. Click on **“Generate”**

3. Generate some randomness by **moving mouse over the blank area**

4. Copy the public key **(Right Click → Select All, Right Click → Copy)**

5. **Open cPanel**

6. Click on **SSH Remote Access**

7. Then go to **Manage SSH Keys**

8. Click on **Import Key**

9. **Type name** for public key (For example: MyWorkstation)

10. Scroll down and paste the public key into **“Paste the public key into the following text box:”**

11. Click **Import**

12. Back to **Manage Keys**

13. Click on **Manage** on your public key and then **Authorize**

14. Save the private key from PuttyGen by clicking on **“Save Private Key”**

### Connect to SSH via Putty with private key

1. **Start PuTTY**

2. Fill the hostname or IP with: **servername.mochahost.com**

3. Fill port value with: **4747**

4. **Expand SSH** from the left menu

5. Go to **Auth**

6. Go to **Private key file** for authentication → **Browse → Select your private key**, which was generated with PuttyGen

7. Click **Open**

8. Type your **username** (For example: badboy)

That's It!