Convert ppk to pem

If you have already put your key on your remote server and can access using this key via putty, then you may want to convert your .ppk to .pem for scp to transfer files.

Open PuTTygen. Click "Load" to select your .ppk key

After the key loaded. Click the "Conversions" tab. Select "Export OpenSSH key"

Save your file with .pem extension. Then you use your .pem in scp

scp -i {path to your .pem} -r {folder path} {login_name@ip:destination path}