BitcoiNote Gateway Service Step 2: Preparing PuTTY and WinSCP
If you are using Windows, you would need to follow these steps:
1. Navigate to www.putty.org and click ‘here’.
2. Select “putty-64bit-0.71-installer.msi”. Wait for the download to complete and open the downloaded file to start the installer.
3. Follow the steps in the installer to install PuTTY.
4. Navigate to https://winscp.net/eng/download.php and select “Download WinSCP”.
5. Follow the steps of the installer to install WinSCP.
6. Open PuTTYgen from the start menu.
7. Click Conversions -> Import Key.
8. Select thepem file that you downloaded from AWS before.
9. Click “Save private key”, specify a filename and click “Save” to save the new ppk file.
10. Open WinSCP from the Start menu.
11. Make sure protocol is set to “SFTP".
12. Fill out the following details:
- “host name” (or IP if you didn’t set up a domain name).
- “username” ubuntu.
- “password”; leave this blank.
13. Click "Advanced" and select "SSH" -> "Authentication" and click the "..." button. Select the ppk file that you just created.
14. Click “OK” and then “Login”.
