The type of SSHClientCert private key.

Syntax

Connect-SFTP -SSHClientCertType string

Possible Values

USER, MACHINE, PFXFILE, PFXBLOB, JKSFILE, JKSBLOB, PEMKEY_FILE, PEMKEY_BLOB, PPKFILE, PPKBLOB, XMLFILE, XMLBLOB

Data Type

cstr

Default Value

"PEMKEY_FILE"

Remarks

This property can take one of the following values:

Types	Description	Allowed Blob Values
MACHINE/USER	The name of a local certificate store, such as MY, CA, ROOT, or SPC. Use SSHClientCertSubject to select a specific private key out of the store. Only available in .NET and when running on Windows.	Blob values are not supported.
JKSFILE/JKSBLOB	Not available on this platform.	base64-only
PFXFILE/PFXBLOB	A PKCS12-format (.pfx) file. Must contain both a certificate and a private key.	base64-only
PEMKEY_FILE/PEMKEY_BLOB	A PEM-format file. Must contain an RSA, DSA, or OPENSSH private key. Can optionally contain a certificate matching the private key.	base64 or plain text. Newlines may be replaced with spaces when providing the blob as text.
PPKFILE/PPKBLOB	A PuTTY-format private key created using the puttygen tool.	base64-only
XMLFILE/XMLBLOB	An XML key in the format generated by the .NET RSA class: RSA.ToXmlString(true).	base64 or plain text.