Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SFTP use Cert's Private Key for Authentication (Windows)

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Demonstrates how to use the private key of a pre-installed certificate (on Windows) for SFTP authentication. The certificate's private key must be marked as "exportable" when originally installed. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Cert;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.PrivateKey;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SFtp;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SshKey;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Cert cert = new Cert();

        // Load the certificate from the Windows certificate store
        try {
            cert.loadByCommonName("my_cert_common_name");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the private key.
        PrivateKey privKey = new PrivateKey();
        String privKeyPem;
        try {
            cert.getPrivateKey(privKey);

            privKeyPem = privKey.getPkcs8Pem();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        SshKey sshKey = new SshKey();
        try {
            sshKey.fromOpenSshPrivateKey(privKeyPem);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Connect to an SSH/SFTP server
        SFtp sftp = new SFtp();
        try {
            sftp.connect("sftp.example.com", 22);

            // Authenticate with the SSH server using a username + private key.
            // (The private key serves as the password.  The username identifies
            // the SSH user account on the server.)
            sftp.authenticatePk("mySshLogin", sshKey);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("OK, the connection and authentication with the SSH server is completed.");

        // This example is only to show the connection + authentication using a private key associated with a certificate in the Windows certificate store...
    }
}