Generating SSH keys

If you don’t already have SHS keys for SFTP authentication, you’ll need to generate some.

A number of guides online can walk you through this process, but here are some easy steps using gpg4win.

A public key is used to confirm your identity matches the private key and can be safely shared to anyone.

A private key is used to prove your identity, and should only be held by you.

1. Open (or download and install) PuTTYGen https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

2. Choose RSA for Parameters and 4096 for key length to meet current best practice standards.

   1. This may change in future with stronger encryption standards, or you may have different corporate preferences, so please consult an internal expert to ensure that they meet your internal standard.

3. Under ‘Key comment’, add a short description of the key's use, for example, PageUp Integration.

4. Under ‘Key passphrase’ and ‘Confirm passphrase’, enter a passphrase to use.

   Ensure you save this passphrase so that you can use this key later, otherwise, you will have to generate a new key and provide it to MYOB again.

   1. This prevents someone else from using your private key unless they know the password.

5. Click ‘Generate a public/private key pair’.

6. After the key has been generated, click ‘Save public key’, and share this with your MYOB PayGlobal consultant or MYOB PayGlobal support.

7. Click ‘Save private key’ and keep this secret. It should not be shared with anyone and you will use it later when connecting to our SFTP server.