SAP IS: How to create an SSH Key pair for SFTP Connection

I am adding the steps to generate the SSK Key Pair in my SAP blog, because I had to use this in my SAP Implementation. 

We had to generate the SSH Keys to load into SAP IS for doing SFTP connection.  We had to convert these ssh keys into .p12 format, but the steps for the conversion will be in my next blog. I will update this blog with the link to that once I have it ready.

Update : SAP IS: How to convert the SSH key to p12 format for loading into SAP IS Key Store

1. Download PuTTYgen and install it in your machine.

   You can download it from Download PuTTY: latest release (0.83) or PuTTYgen

2. Open PuTTYgen and choose the Type of Key you want to generate under the Parameters Section. Also specify the Number of bits.

   

   

3. Click on Generate button and move the mouse randomly in the blank area, until the key is generated.

   

   

4. When done, specify the passphrase if you want a passphrase to the key. Adding a passphrase adds an extra security to your private key. 

    

   

5. You can save the private key using the 'Save Private key' button or using the menu Conversions--> Export OpenSSH Key.

6. You can save the public key using the 'Save Public key' button or copy from the "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file" box in PuTTYgen.

Feel free to point out if anything is missing/wrong in this blog.