How to reference SSH key in startup bat file

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Hi,

Could someone help me with how to refernce the SSH key I made (at Pinggy’s suggestion) in the startup script? I can’t quite get the syntax right and I keep getting prompted for a password.

Thanks!

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I am following the content under “It is asking me for a password” on this page:

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I found this script generator on Pinggy support, but don’t know where my SSH key is be default, if I can move it to my “Pinggy” directory, and in either case, how to reference it in my script.

EXAMPLE FROM PINGGY PAGE
ssh -p 443 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ServerAliveInterval=30 -t -R0:127.0.0.1:8000 a.pinggy.io "k:samplekey"

Where is “k:samplekey”? How do I modify for my key location?

Thanks!

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If you generate an ssh key, it should be detected by default. Is the startup script being executed as a different user? In that case, it might be an issue.

Can you specify whether you are using Windows / Mac / Linux ?

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Thanks for the response. The SSH key was created by the same user executing the script – and the user is an admin on the computer. I thought maybe I had to run the SSK create command from teh directory I wanted it created in, but it seems to create in a default Windows location somewhere and I didn’t know if the startup script knew to look there or if i had to specify the path in that last parameter at the end of the script?

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When I created the SSH key it asked for a name, and I called it “Pinggy”. Would I change the script to end with “k:pinggy”? I don’t know if “k:” is a mapped drive or some internal refernce to where the keys are stored?

Sorry for the rambling and random thoughts, I’m way out of my area of expertise.

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Forgot to answer your O/S question – this is Windows. I used the Pinggy wizard to create the script as SSH-CMD.

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We are very sorry that you are facing this issue.

You dont need to put the “k:pinggy” argument in the script. That is for enabling Bearer token authentication for your tunnel, and is unrelated to the ssh key.

I think while generating the ssh key you have set a password for it. If you remember the name of the ssh key, then please delete that one.

Create a new ssh key with the command: ssh-keygen
Press Enter key (Return key) till the command finishes.

Go through this guide essentially: Run Tunnel on Startup for Windows