All of the screenshots that follow are from PuTTY 0.62.
Create an SSH login session if the intent is to log in to an EAS Linux (target) VM and execute Linux shell commands. The SSH login session in this example will be for the SF DEV WEB VM (San Francisco data center, DEVelopment environment, eas WEB server, Virtual Machine).
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3 Under the Auth category and in the Private key file for authentication: field, browse to the private key file (jd_eas_private_key.ppk) that was saved in Step 5 above.
4 The remainder of the configuration consists of default values, but if additional configuration is required, then "Chapter 4: Configuring PuTTY" should be consulted.
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6 Before the saved login session can be tested, an EAS administrator must place your public key on the target VM. This should already have been done in Step 7 above.
7 To test the saved login session, select the saved login session from the Saved Sessions list, press the "Load" button, and then press the "Open" button.
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8 You will be prompted to log in to the target VM. Use the username that was given to you by the EAS administrator, and when prompted a second time, enter the passphrase that was used to create your private key in Step 4 above.
9 Congratulations, you should now be logged in to the target VM!