How to generate ssh compatible id_rsa(.pub) from Java

Question

I\'m looking for a way to programmatically create ssh compatible id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files in Java.

I got as far as creating the KeyPair:

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Answer 1

gotoalberto's answer (quoted below) for a different question works for both RSA and DSA keys:

If you want reverse the process, i.e. encode a PublicKey Java object to a Linux authorized_keys entry format, one can use this code:

    /**
     * Encode PublicKey (DSA or RSA encoded) to authorized_keys like string
     *
     * @param publicKey DSA or RSA encoded
     * @param user username for output authorized_keys like string
     * @return authorized_keys like string
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String encodePublicKey(PublicKey publicKey, String user)
            throws IOException {
        String publicKeyEncoded;
        if(publicKey.getAlgorithm().equals("RSA")){
            RSAPublicKey rsaPublicKey = (RSAPublicKey) publicKey;
            ByteArrayOutputStream byteOs = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(byteOs);
            dos.writeInt("ssh-rsa".getBytes().length);
            dos.write("ssh-rsa".getBytes());
            dos.writeInt(rsaPublicKey.getPublicExponent().toByteArray().length);
            dos.write(rsaPublicKey.getPublicExponent().toByteArray());
            dos.writeInt(rsaPublicKey.getModulus().toByteArray().length);
            dos.write(rsaPublicKey.getModulus().toByteArray());
            publicKeyEncoded = new String(
                    Base64.encodeBase64(byteOs.toByteArray()));
            return "ssh-rsa " + publicKeyEncoded + " " + user;
        }
        else if(publicKey.getAlgorithm().equals("DSA")){
            DSAPublicKey dsaPublicKey = (DSAPublicKey) publicKey;
            DSAParams dsaParams = dsaPublicKey.getParams();

            ByteArrayOutputStream byteOs = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(byteOs);
            dos.writeInt("ssh-dss".getBytes().length);
            dos.write("ssh-dss".getBytes());
            dos.writeInt(dsaParams.getP().toByteArray().length);
            dos.write(dsaParams.getP().toByteArray());
            dos.writeInt(dsaParams.getQ().toByteArray().length);
            dos.write(dsaParams.getQ().toByteArray());
            dos.writeInt(dsaParams.getG().toByteArray().length);
            dos.write(dsaParams.getG().toByteArray());
            dos.writeInt(dsaPublicKey.getY().toByteArray().length);
            dos.write(dsaPublicKey.getY().toByteArray());
            publicKeyEncoded = new String(
                    Base64.encodeBase64(byteOs.toByteArray()));
            return "ssh-dss " + publicKeyEncoded + " " + user;
        }
        else{
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Unknown public key encoding: " + publicKey.getAlgorithm());
        }
    }