Adding an SSH Key on a SCP Task fails with an IOException

Issue Summary

Adding SSH key to a SCP/SSH task fails on a specific type of SSH key.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an SSH Key Pair

ssh-keygen

1. Inspect the private key and confirm that the header contains the following

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

1. Create an SCP/SSH Task in a Bamboo build plan
2. Upload the SSH Key and save the task

Expected Results

The private key file is uploaded and the SCP/SSH task saves successfully.

Actual Results

The below exception is thrown in the atlassian-bamboo.log file (Must increase com.atlassian.bamboo.ww2.interceptors.BambooWorkflowInterceptor to DEBUG logging):

2021-05-20 18:46:55,733 DEBUG [http-nio-8085-exec-9] [NavigationAwareInterceptor] Finding Navigation Objects for com.atlassian.bamboo.ww2.actions.build.admin.config.task.EditTask
2021-05-20 18:46:55,870 DEBUG [http-nio-8085-exec-9] [BambooWorkflowInterceptor] 1 field errors found...
2021-05-20 18:46:55,870 DEBUG [http-nio-8085-exec-9] [BambooWorkflowInterceptor] * private_key: [There is something wrong with your private key: java.io.IOException: unrecognised object: OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY]
2021-05-20 18:46:55,870 DEBUG [http-nio-8085-exec-9] [BambooWorkflowInterceptor] 0 action errors found...

Workaround

• To upload the key in the SCP/SSH Task create an RSA key using the PEM format:

ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa