How do you create keys for SSH in Hass.IO and where do you put them?

[CentralCommand (Mike)]

@Jokerigno

I created a private key with PuttyGen and put it in config folder with name unifissh.ppk

So why are you using /config/unifissh in the command then? You called the file unifissh.ppk. Also you need two files, a private and public key. And the public key has to be in the same folder with the same name except .pub on the end.

Also you skipped all the instructions above about the known hosts file. Without that its still not going to work even after you get the keys right.

I would suggest giving the below community guide a read as it goes through all these details. Including ways to test directly from the commandline without needing to restart HA between every test.

SSH'ing from a command line sensor or shell command

I’ve noticed there’s a significant number of posts looking for help on this topic and the posters all seem to struggle with a few common issues. I realized I’ve been almost copying and pasting my responses on these topics so it seemed like a good case for a community guide. What will this cover This guide will walk through the process of getting a command which ssh’s into another machine to get some simple data ready to be included in a command line sensor. To keep it simple I’ll use the same …