Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/a/.ssh/idrsa): Created directory '/home/a/.ssh'. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/a/.ssh/idrsa. Aug 09, 2018  Generate SSH Keys on Windows 10 with Ubuntu. Launch Bash on Ubuntu on Windows from the start menu and make sure SSH is installed by entering following command at the command prompt: sudo apt install ssh. The key generation process is identical to the process on a native Linux or Ubuntu installation.

1. Generate Ssh Host Keys Ubuntu Server

Generate secret key for jwt. SSH, the secure shell, is often used to access remote Linux systems. But its authentication mechanism, where a private local key is paired with a public remote key, is used to secure all kinds of online services, from GitHub and Launchpad to Linux running on Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

Generating these keys from Linux is easy, and thanks to Ubuntu on Windows, you can follow the same process from Windows 10. But even without Ubuntu, SSH keys can also be generated with the free and open source Windows application, PuTTy

Over the following few steps, we’ll guide you through the process of generating SSH keys using both Ubuntu on Windows and PuTTY.

Requirements

All you need is a PC running Windows 10 and either of the following installed:

• The puttygen.exe executable from PuTTY

Generate Ssh Host Keys Ubuntu Server

If you don’t already have Ubuntu on Windows, take a look at our Install Ubuntu on Windows 10 tutorial.