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== Generate a keypair ==
== Generate a keypair ==
Begin by downloading [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html:PuTTY] and installing it onto a Windows or Mac.
Begin by downloading [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html PuTTY] and installing it onto a Windows or Mac.

Revision as of 16:19, 14 May 2024

This article will help you create a keypair.

Keypairs are used for authentication to cloud VMs. A keypair consists of two parts, a public key and a private key, and are specific to a single user. The following steps will explain how to create a single keypair that can be used for authentication against new Windows and Linux cloud VMs.

Generate a keypair

Begin by downloading PuTTY and installing it onto a Windows or Mac.