SSH Key agent

The SSH Key Agent is used to hold all your SSH Keys in memory, already decoded and ready for them to be used. It has the same use as Pageant (SSH Key Manager) has for Putty except that the SSH Key Agent is used with Remote Desktop Manager.

The SSH Key Agent is located under Tools in the ribbon of Remote Desktop Manager.

Settings

1. When opening the SSH Key Agent , you will notice at the bottom left that the agent is not running. You will need to click on Start Agent.

   

2. Click on Add key and select the file to open your SSH key.
   

   

3. All your added SSH Key will appear in your SSH Key Agent.
4. Open a SSH session.
5. Go to the SSH key agent tab, enter a Username and leave the Password field blank.
   

   

6. In the SSH key tab of your SSH Shell session, leave the option for the Private Key to No Private Key.
   

   

7. In the Advanced tab of your SSH Shell session, activate the option Use Agent. The Use Agent automatically takes the information of the SSH Key kept in your SSH Key Agent.
   

   

SSH key credential management

When creating a new SSH key entry in Remote Desktop Manager, you have the option of loading them automatically in your SSH Key Agent.

1. Select Add New Entry – Credential Management – SSH key.
   

   

2. Open the General tab under the SSH key tab in the SSH key entry.
3. Activate the option Automatically load to SSH key agent.