Node.js

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. Node.js

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var cert = new chilkat.Cert();

    //  Load the certificate from the Windows certificate store
    success = cert.LoadByCommonName("my_cert_common_name");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Get the private key.  
    var privKey = new chilkat.PrivateKey();
    success = cert.GetPrivateKey(privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(cert.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var privKeyPem = privKey.GetPkcs8Pem();
    if (privKey.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var sshKey = new chilkat.SshKey();
    success = sshKey.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(privKeyPem);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sshKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Connect to an SSH/SFTP server
    var sftp = new chilkat.SFtp();
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",22);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  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.)
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePk("mySshLogin",sshKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("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...

}

chilkatExample();