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Ed Talmadge
Asked: 2011-07-14 06:01:04 +0800 CST

SSH key setup for Joyent Node SmartMachine and Windows?

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I just got a Joyent Node SmartMachine.

I'm using Windows.

My goal is to SSH in to the SmartMachine and add/install things from GitHub.

The issue I'm having is that I'm unable to connect to my SmartMachine via SSH using Putty.

In Putty, after I enter my username, I get the message:

Disconnected, No supported authentication methods available

My guess is that I have not properly setup my SSH keys.

What are the steps in Windows and the Node Control panel to setup the SSH keys?

ssh putty ssh-keys joyent

1 Answers

  1. You can use puttygen to generate your ssh key.
    The steps are:

    1. Choose "SSH-2 RSA"
    2. Click "Generate"
    3. Follow the instruction (move mouse randomly)
    4. After the key has been successfully generated, paste the string in below the "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file:" into the ssh-keys list in your Joyent Node account
    5. Save the private key by clicking "Save private key".

    Setup your putty with the following settings:

    1. Go to smartmachine you wish to connect to.
    2. There is line saying "Append this to your $HOME/.ssh/config file"
    3. Under that line there is your server host name, your server port and your ssh username (usually "node", without quote). You can put something like, [email protected] in putty, with being your smartmachine name
    4. After setting all those up, you need to setup private key file use for authentication. Go to "Connection" -> "SSH" -> "Auth"
    5. Select the private key file generated by puttygen.
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