Ok @Adam and @Kimvais were right, Paramiko cannot parse .ppk files. So the way to go (thanks to @JimB too) is to convert .ppk file to OpenSSH private key format; this can be achieved using PuTTYgen as described here. Then it’s very simple getting connected with it: import paramiko ssh = paramiko.SSHClient() ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) ssh.connect(‘<hostname>’, username=”<username>”, … Read more
Putty usually comes with the “plink” utility. This is essentially the “ssh” command line command implemented as a windows .exe. It pretty well documented in the putty manual under “Using the command line tool plink”. You just need to wrap a command like: plink root@myserver /etc/backups/do-backup.sh in a .bat script. You can also use common … Read more
puttygen supports exporting your private key to an OpenSSH compatible format. You can then use OpenSSH tools to recreate the public key. Open PuttyGen Click Load Load your private key Go to Conversions->Export OpenSSH and export your private key Copy your private key to ~/.ssh/id_dsa (or id_rsa). Create the RFC 4716 version of the public … Read more
Use -i option to use the particular private key or just use -load option with the session that you created in putty gui.