Using KeePass with SSH Keys

The easiest way that we have found to use SSH keys to access your account or server is to use KeePass with the KeeAgne plugin, in conjunction with PuTTY. PuTTY is a free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms, but does not allow passwords to be saved. Which is where KeePass and KeeAgent come in.

KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database.

KeeAgent is a plugin for KeePass 2.x that allows SSH keys stored in a KeePass database to be used for SSH authentication by other programs (such as PuTTY).

Installing Putty, KeePass and KeeAgent

1) Install [PuTTY] on your workstation.

2) Install [KeePass] on your workstation.

3) Download [KeeAgent] on your workstation.

4) Unzip the KeeAgent zip file, and place the keepass.plgx file in the directoty where KeePass was installed.

5) The next time KeePass is started up, you will see a dialog box saying ""Compiling Plugins..". When that clears, KeeAgent is installed.