Generating the private key/public key/password
You can use the ssh-keygen utility to generate the private and public keys.
This is a UNIX utility that is used to generate, manage, and convert authentication keys for SSH authentication.
The ssh-keygen utility is part of the UNIX/Linux install. The system SFTP protocol is an SFTP client that can connect to a specific SFTP server by configuration.
- On UNIX/Linux, the ssh daemon service (SFTP server) is generally installed by default.
- On Windows, you must install third-party SFTP server software to have the system SFTP protocol to connect to the Window’s SFTP server.
Different SFTP server applications have their own configurations. Refer to the third-party software documentation for details.
A system SFTP protocol running on Windows can connect to a UNIX/Linux SFTP server. Installing SFTP server software on Windows is not required, but based solely on your particular deployment.
This is an example for generating a DSA type private/public key using Linux.