how to use openssh keys with paramiko

Asked Mar 17 '21 at 14:11

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I have a private key as

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
...
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

How to use this

import paramiko
ssh_client=paramiko.SSHClient()
key = paramiko.OPENSSHKey.from_private_key_file('/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa')
ssh_client.connect(hostname="xx.xx.xx.xx",username='user',pkey=key)

It says

AttributeError: module 'paramiko' has no attribute 'OPENSSHKey'

I tried

key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file('/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa')

I get

paramiko.ssh_exception.SSHException: not a valid RSA private key file

asked Mar 17 '21 at 14:11

Santhosh

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so if i upgrade paramiko, it should solve the problem – Santhosh Mar 17 '21 at 15:03
after upgrading to `2.7.2` version, now `key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file('/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa')` runs without any error, thanks – Santhosh Mar 17 '21 at 15:05
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did it. given upvote – Santhosh Mar 17 '21 at 15:08

how to use openssh keys with paramiko

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