Importing an RSA Private Key

The scp command can be used to import a private key when TFTP access is unavailable or not permitted and the command has an equivalent functionality to the ip ssl private-key-file tftp command.

To import an RSA private key from a client using SCP, enter the scp command followed by the filename of the key to be imported, a valid username on the host, the host IP address from which the key is to be imported, and the destination filename sslPrivKey as shown in the following example.

In the syntax given in the original file, the sslPrivKey name is shown as a keyword. Is this the name that the private key *must* take, or is it just a filename chosen for the example? 

C:\> scp keyfile user@10.168.9.210:sslPrivKey

The example imports the private RSA key named keyfile from "user" on the server with the IP address 10.168.9.210 and stores it in the designated RSA key file sslPrivKey on the RUCKUS ICX device.

Parent topic: Example File Transfers Using SCP