To access your instances using SSH, generate an SSH key pair, associate the public key with your instances, and use the private key to log in to the instances using SSH.
OCI - How to generate SSH key pair to access OCI instance? (Doc ID 2499539.1) Last updated on FEBRUARY 26, 2020. Applies to: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later Linux x86-64 Goal. To generate ssh key pair for accessing the OCI instance. You have to convert the prviate key into SSH key compatibility, then after you should have to try. Can you surf in the google and try to convert private key to SSH private key as you are using MAC. Regards, Firoz K. Oracle ACE Associate Oracle Cloud Architect. When you create your Oracle Compute Cloud Service instance, you must provide an SSH public key that will be used for authentication when you log in to the instance. Generate your SSH key pair and upload the SSH public key to the Oracle Compute Cloud Service before you start to create your instance. Generate your SSH key pair and upload the SSH public key to the Oracle Compute Cloud Service before you start to create your instance. Context This tutorial is part of the following set of tutorials, which describe how to deploy a PeopleSoft environment to Oracle Compute Cloud Service.
Note:
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You can’t use SSH keys to log in to a Windows instance. To log in to your Windows instance using RDP, see Accessing a Windows Instance Using RDP.
Caution:
Keep your SSH keys secure. Lay down policies to ensure that the keys aren’t lost or compromised when employees leave the organization or move to other departments. If you lose your private key, then you can’t access your instances. For business continuity, ensure that the SSH keys of at least two IT system administrators are added to your instances.
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Generating an SSH Key Pair on UNIX and UNIX-Like Systems
Use the following procedure to generate an SSH key pair on UNIX and UNIX-like systems:
Run the ssh-keygen
command.
You can use the -t
option to specify the type of key to create.
For example, to create an RSA key, run:
You can use the -t
option to specify the length (bit size) of the key, as shown in the following example:
The command prompts you to enter the path to the file in which you want to save the key.
A default path and file name are suggested in parentheses. For example: /home/
user_name
/.ssh/id_rsa
. To accept the default path and file name, press Enter. Otherwise, enter the required path and file name, and then press Enter.
The command prompts you to enter a passphrase.
The passphrase is not mandatory if you want to log in to an instance created using an Oracle-provided image. However, it is recommended that you specify a passphrase to protect your private key against unauthorized use.
Note:
With some images provided on Oracle Marketplace, the use of a passphrase might be mandatory.
The command generates an SSH key pair consisting of a public key and a private key, and saves them in the specified path. The file name of the public key is created automatically by appending .pub
to the name of the private key file. For example, if the file name of the SSH private key is id_rsa
, the file name of the public key would be id_rsa.pub
.
Make a note of the path and file names of the private and public keys. When you create an instance, you must specify the SSH public key value. When you log in to an instance, you must provide the path to the corresponding SSH private key and you must enter the passphrase when prompted.
Generating an SSH Key Pair on Windows
You can generate an SSH key pair on a Microsoft Windows machine by using an application such as PuTTY. See the tutorial, Creating SSH Keys for Use with Oracle Cloud Services.
Several tools exist to generate SSH public/private key pairs. The following sections show how to generate an SSH key pair on UNIX, UNIX-like and Windows platforms.
UNIX and UNIX-like platforms (including Solaris and Linux) include the ssh-keygen utility to generate SSH key pairs.
filename
your choice of file name for the private key:The ssh-keygen utility prompts you for a passphrase for the private key.
Note:
While a passphrase is not required, you should specify one as a security measure to protect the private key from unauthorized use. When you specify a passphrase, a user must enter the passphrase every time the private key is used.
The ssh-keygen utility prompts you to enter the passphrase again.
filename
and the public key has been saved as filename
.pub
. It also displays information about the key fingerprint and randomart image.The PuTTYgen program is part of PuTTY, an open source networking client for the Windows platform.
To download PuTTY or PuTTYgen, go to http://www.putty.org/ and click the You can download PuTTY here link.
As the key is being generated, move the mouse around the blank area as directed.
Note:
While a passphrase is not required, you should specify one as a security measure to protect the private key from unauthorized use. When you specify a passphrase, a user must enter the passphrase every time the private key is used.
.ppk
(PuTTY private key).Note:
The.ppk
file extension indicates that the private key is in PuTTY's proprietary format. You must use a key of this format when using PuTTY as your SSH client. It cannot be used with other SSH client tools. Refer to the PuTTY documentation to convert a private key in this format to a different format. Make sure you select all the characters, not just the ones you can see in the narrow window. If a scroll bar is next to the characters, you aren't seeing all the characters.
.pub
extension to indicate that the file contains a public key.ssh
utility on Linux), export the private key:.ppk
format, using an extension such as .openssh
to indicate the file's content.