Android™

Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem)

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Convert a PuTTY format private key file (.ppk) to OpenSSH (.pem). Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    CkSshKey key = new CkSshKey();

    // Load an unencrypted or encrypted PuTTY private key.

    // If  your PuTTY private key is encrypted, set the Password
    // property before calling FromPuttyPrivateKey.
    // If your PuTTY private key is not encrypted, it makes no diffference
    // if Password is set or not set.
    key.put_Password("secret");

    // First load the .ppk file into a string:
    String keyStr;
    keyStr = key.loadText("putty_private_key.ppk");

    // Import into the SSH key object:
    success = key.FromPuttyPrivateKey(keyStr);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, key.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Convert to an encrypted or unencrypted OpenSSH key.

    // First demonstrate converting to an unencrypted OpenSSH key
    String unencryptedKeyStr;
    boolean bEncrypt = false;
    unencryptedKeyStr = key.toOpenSshPrivateKey(bEncrypt);
    success = key.SaveText(unencryptedKeyStr,"unencrypted_openssh.pem");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, key.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Save to an encrypted OpenSSH PEM file:
    String encryptedKeyStr;
    bEncrypt = true;
    key.put_Password("myPassword");
    encryptedKeyStr = key.toOpenSshPrivateKey(bEncrypt);
    success = key.SaveText(encryptedKeyStr,"encrypted_openssh.pem");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, key.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Done!");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}