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How to convert PEM file to PPK using PuTTYgen in Ubuntu

I created an EC2 instance for AWS. I want to connect to an instance using PuTTY, but this requires a PPK file. I have a PEM file that I want to hide in PPK using PuTTYgen.

How to use PuTTYgen for Ubuntu to convert a PEM file to PPK?

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With * nix version of PuTTYgen:

puttygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk

See the PuTTYgen man page .

For Windows users: Please note that PuTTYgen for Windows does not support command-line key conversions.

You can use WinSCP with the /keygen command line instead to convert the key , for example:

 winscp.com /keygen mykey.pem /output=mykey.ppk

For compatibility with PuTTYgen, WinSCP also supports its syntax:

 winscp.com /keygen mykey.pem -o mykey.ppk
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Do you need Putty to connect to the command line of your instance? You mentioned that you are using Ubuntu, so you can use the PEM key with simple ssh:

 ssh -i mykey.pem user@hostname
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/981265/

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