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Local system: Fedora
Remote system: AWS AMI Linux
SSH client: putty

Problem: Putty using pem to access AWS AMI will result on error.
Error message: OpenSSH SSH-2 private key (old PEM format)
Solution: sudo puttygen pemKey.pem -o ppkKey.ppk -O private
Reference: https://www.puttygen.com/convert-pem-to-ppk

Another problem: putty cannot open the generated ppk
Error message: unable to open file
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Solution: open and copy the generated ppk, then paste on text editor, saved as ppk.
Reference: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=864887

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