I have downloaded PuTTY software to SSH into my AWS EC2 instance. The problem am facing is the browse button that am supposed to click on to access the private key is missing under the Auth category. I downloaded PuTTY from putty.org

Below is an image of where the browse button should have been.

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I have uninstalled and reinstalled PuTTY but each time I open PuTTY, the browse button is missing.

CodePudding user response：

The "Browse" button in Putty software is used to open a file browser window and select a file or directory. If the "Browse" button is missing in Putty, it may be because the feature is not enabled or the Putty version you are using does not support it.

To enable the "Browse" button in Putty, you can follow these steps:

1. Open Putty and go to the "Session" tab.
2. In the "Host Name" field, enter the hostname or IP address of the server you want to connect to.
3. In the "Connection type" dropdown, select "SSH" or the protocol you want to use to connect to the server.
4. Click on the "Connection" tab in the left panel.
5. In the "Seconds between keepalives" field, enter a value greater than 0. This will enable the "Browse" button in Putty.
6. Click on the "Apply" button to save the changes.

If the "Browse" button is still not visible, it may be because the Putty version you are using does not support it. In this case, you can try upgrading to the latest version of Putty, or you can use a different file transfer tool, such as FileZilla or WinSCP, to transfer files to and from the server.

CodePudding user response：

You are probably looking at a picture from an older version of PuTTY.

The Configuring PuTTY documentation says that the "Private key file for authentication" is available in the Credentials panel (not the Auth panel).