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Certificates and keys

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there are two ways of inserting a key or certificate certificates and keys docid\ yw9fqvpp cti4emjby u1 certificates and keys docid\ yw9fqvpp cti4emjby u1 (p12, pfx or pem) direct insert you need the file that contains rsa private key copy your key from the file it should begin and end like this \ begin rsa private key end rsa private key paste the key directly in the following field openssh private key is not supported this has to be converted using the following command in terminal ssh keygen p m pem f \<pathtothekey> for windows, you can use the putty key generator extract from the file you can extract a private key or certificate using our key extraction function this function also allows you to extract the key from encrypted files the supported file formats are p12 , pfx , and pem you can extract either the private key or the certificate select the type of information you want to extract from the file in the extract field for example, when you create a linux based ec2 instance on aws, you receive the login credentials in the pem file the file contains the private key that is used to connect to the instance go to the module's create a connection dialog and click the extract button in advanced settings advanced settings extract in the extract dialog, select the private key option to extract the private key from the provided file click the choose files button, browse and open the desired file enter the password to the respective field, if needed click save the private key has been exported from your file and will be used to connect to the desired service