diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/windows.md b/docs/sources/installation/windows.md index 04f1d28d1..90268867b 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/windows.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/windows.md @@ -57,14 +57,20 @@ Let's try the `hello-world` example image. Run This should download the very small `hello-world` image and print a `Hello from Docker.` message. -# Login with PUTTY instead of using the CMD +## Login with PUTTY instead of using the CMD -boot2docker generates and uses the public/private key pair in your %HOMEPATH%\.ssh directory so to login you need to use the private key from this same directory. +Boot2Docker generates and uses the public/private key pair in your `%HOMEPATH%\.ssh` +directory so to log in you need to use the private key from this same directory. -The private key needs to be converted into a format that putty can use so for this purpose you can use puttygen -Open puttygen.exe and load the private key from %HOMEPATH%\.ssh\id_boot2docker (File->Load) , -then simply click : Save Private Key. -You can use the saved file to login with putty using docker@127.0.0.1:2022 +The private key needs to be converted into the format PuTTY uses. + +You can do this with +[puttygen](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html): + +- Open `puttygen.exe` and load ("File"->"Load" menu) the private key from + `%HOMEPATH%\.ssh\id_boot2docker` +- then click: "Save Private Key". +- Then use the saved file to login with PuTTY using `docker@127.0.0.1:2022`. # Further Details