{"id":2929,"date":"2020-02-06T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=2929"},"modified":"2020-02-06T18:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T18:06:32","slug":"map-private-ssh-key-to-a-winscp-session","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=2929","title":{"rendered":"map Private SSH Key to a WinSCP session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mapping the Private SSH Key to a WinSCP session <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the last step before being able to login into your remote server, using the Public Key authentication method, mapping the Private SSH Key to a WinSCP session is also quite straightforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to map Private SSH Key on WinSCP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following animation shows the steps you must take in order to map the private SSH key to an existent WinSCP session, the process is exactly the same when you are creating a brand new WinSCP session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step by step screenshots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual we&#8217;re including each and every screenshot for you to see the taken steps in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-01.png 641w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-01-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Select an existing WinSCP session<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-02.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-02.png 641w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-02-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Edit selected session<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-03.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-03.png 641w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-03-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>type username (in this case &#8220;root&#8221;)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-04.png 641w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-04-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Open Advanced settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-05.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-05.png 650w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-05-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Select Authentication<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-06.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-06.png 646w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-06-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>browse to find the SSH Private Key on your computer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-07.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-07.png 783w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-07-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-07-768x486.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Select SSH Private Key<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-08.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-08.png 659w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-08-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click OK to close the Advanced Settings Window<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-09.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-09.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-09.png 641w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WinSCP-mapping-ssh-private-key-09-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Saving changes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to go next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is time to celebrate, don&#8217;t you think? None of the several steps done to be able to start using the <strong>Public Key Authentication<\/strong> method were complex things to do, anyway if you have reach this point then you are ready to connect to your remote device opening your recently modified WinSCP session, you switched from password authentication method to a more secure and the industry standard, yes! it really is time to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/connecting-to-server-using-ssh-keys\/\">Connecting to a remote server using the Public Key Authentication method<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapping the Private SSH Key to a WinSCP session This is the last step before being able to login into your remote server, using the Public Key authentication method, mapping the Private SSH Key to a WinSCP session is also quite straightforward. How to map Private SSH Key on WinSCP The following animation shows the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=2929\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;map Private SSH Key to a WinSCP session&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2927,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2974,"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2929\/revisions\/2974"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}