You have downloaded the ZIP file and now want to use the generated keys with the Windows SSH client.
- Extract the downloaded zip file.
- In the extracted directory, you have 3 files
- got to the
C:\Users\YourUsername\.ssh\directory - Copy the
id_rsa.keyto theC:\Users\YourUsername\.ssh\id_rsa - Copy the
id_rsa.pubto theC:\Users\YourUsername\.ssh\id_rsa.pub - Using PowerShell type:
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0Set-Service -Name ssh-agent -StartupType AutomaticStart-Service ssh-agentssh-add C:\Users\YourUsername\.ssh\id_rsa