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Content Authoring troubleshooting

Invalid privatekey error when publishing via SFTP

When using SSH Key authentication for SFTP Transports, you may see the following error when testing the Transport or when publishing to a Destination that uses it:

Bash 
SFTP error occurred during SFTP Shuttle initialization: invalid privatekey: [x@xxxxxxx

To resolve it, upload your SSH key in PEM format. A command like the following produces a valid key pair in that format:

Bash 
ssh-keygen -t rsa -m PEM

For more on the ssh-keygen command, see ssh.com's keygen reference.