Pem File Usage In FTP Activities

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How to use Pem (privacy enhanced mail) file as an input for the certificate file in UiPath FTP Activities ?

Resolution: Convert the ".PPK" to ".PEM" file and use the same file in UiPath FTP Activities with the given passphrase. Perform the below steps

  1. Open Puttygen and click on Load in the Actions section
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  1. Select the PPK file
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  1. The key will get imported as below
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  1. Enter Key passphrase (password) and the same value in Confirm passphrase
  2. Then, go to the Conversions menu and select Export OpenSSH key
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  1. Name the private key as xxxxx.pem (It should be a file ending with .pem extension) and save it
  2. Use the same pem file as an input for the certificate file in UiPath FTP Activities.