(AutoIt) Use PuTTY Key for SSH Authentication

Demonstrates how to authenticate with a username + .ppk PuTTY private key for SSH authentication.

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; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oSsh = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ssh")

; Load a .ppk PuTTY private key.
$oPuttyKey = ObjCreate("Chilkat.SshKey")
Local $sPpkText = $oPuttyKey.LoadText("qa_data/ppk/putty_private_secret.ppk")

; The ppkText contains this content:

; 	PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa
; 	Encryption: aes256-cbc
; 	Comment: rsa-key-20170126
; 	Public-Lines: 6
; 	AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW
; 	6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8l
; 	fa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4
; 	zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8Vg
; 	bNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hc
; 	bOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==
; 	Private-Lines: 14
; 	MoaDbq0owouN/7Z9Pga0favDhM2bSEgMErJBxdDmNUXIVVcUoLiD/Ps1RA+BeBBX
; 	wxqKUt9PqLy/pnafPR/i2xjJiQtQ0CWkPxND16Gi1dqLzmbQYYl1ev4+LzuG0zNX
; 	HDGMvRiwagY7mY+F1tUjBYfOL6z8XHw4m40YcY1QorOO+0MMzAVT5Hkg8YyXW209
; 	B/V/LRADFMVA2BlL39y11cb5ZpFStPH/waYUMY+2w1ZmJZ7dcRoMjuKmY+YE/tUx
; 	n9X3P0qTNSbw6e6sMG3Dhr1vfoJUQWApUliD6GpUiCeIvXBcVqG8Vsfq9XADsPl0
; 	+nFAwjSZflywcB7/FwhGb7q5UmcJK06SzoMl7Og5e3g7NCs3yNNQIv+qCpDjhxrA
; 	hpT03mbipu7OXCZDeUwUhMGJAmYHE5iqm1rPCsSVbaMgpxhCWf01Cx4gLx3aMvn4
; 	MdylA31GuL3wSxcWTslrOI8+449lZN/qZEnGEZkYTrnlu123jTqsAWMMtuHSz2Ig
; 	6GA89oTdlppkNflhNH3OJ85kMUrc3p/ZBMdndz8jTDTljmJjHR5oNMoShFof115A
; 	nWjUHqBwCgcubLYyH3afDvBTOhtl0tJ9Oby0wJlOAGnCXiPSDbF/y7J7xml/PS9t
; 	XlSVNxtAY15NDO6Fp96sBVfKuJsfJ90PzdBom4ikIuf7sMwtElrHHLuYfcXJQYLp
; 	G5jBmqDgnirosVPEBIxlxFzz/HCRmdU+tsYg46gqI4R5UpKUe8WSaJoZkDGsrqhm
; 	e+1SJaBuafR4v2bx/bV414Hg7LGQosK2S3crxH4UgZl+g02vWznZfBH+9CmHvKDR
; 	AxfcKOTzsaILKJtQPV81lmJ45sARYMcB5jMiE4kBg56hiXouChsvKkm55WVcW1E+
; 	Private-MAC: 17512c9f7582c1d9c3ae2b01b4d67a6b1dbd1d0e

; "secret" is the actual password for the above PPK.
$oPuttyKey.Password = "secret"
Local $bSuccess = $oPuttyKey.FromPuttyPrivateKey($sPpkText)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPuttyKey.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

Local $sshHostname = "sftp.example.com"
Local $iSshPort = 22

; Connect to an SSH server
$bSuccess = $oSsh.Connect($sshHostname,$iSshPort)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; 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.)
$bSuccess = $oSsh.AuthenticatePk("mySshLogin",$oPuttyKey)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("OK, the connection and authentication with the SSH server is completed." & @CRLF)

; This example is only to show the connection + authentication using a PuTTY private key...