Creating the key

• create an ssh key in cPanel if you haven't already.
• REMEMBER your passphrase
• view the private key (you will need to put in the passphrase to do this)
• select the entire key.
• open a new text file on your desktop, named username.txt
• paste the private key in to the text file
• change the name of the file to username.ppk

Configuring Putty

• download both putty and psftp here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
• fire up putty (just double click on the exe)
• under "saved sessions" put your username
• in hostname box put: username@ip || example: [email protected]
• click the ssh radio button
• change the port if the ssh port is not 22
• on the menu on the left click the + next to SSH
• click the auth category
• click the browse button select the key you saved earlier (should be username.ppk)
• click on session on the left menu
• click the save button
• click cancel

using psftp:

• open psftp (just double click the exe)
• type: open username
• enter the passphrase for your private key

you are now connected via secure ftp, congratulations