How to Connect To Linux (CentOs 7) Using SSH Keys (Password free authentication) from Windows

This video shows how to log into a CentOs 7 server from a Windows machine using SSH keys. The video will show you how to generate the keys using Putty and then how to configure your CentOS 7 Server to allow you to authenticate into the server. Putty is available to download from The commands that you need to follow along with the tutorial are: sudo mkdir ~/.ssh sudo chmod 700 ~/.ssh sudo vi ~/.ssh/authorized_keys sudo chown YourUserName:YourUserName ~/.ssh -R sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorize
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