Git Ssh Key Generation Ubuntu

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  • Sudo apt install ssh The key generation process is identical to the process on a native Linux or Ubuntu installation. With SSH installed, run the SSH key generator by typing the following: ssh-keygen -t rsa You will be asked two questions. The first asks where to save the key, and you can press return to.
  • $ cd /.ssh $ ls authorizedkeys2 iddsa knownhosts config iddsa.pub You’re looking for a pair of files named something like iddsa or idrsa and a matching file with a.pub extension. The.pub file is your public key, and the other file is the corresponding private key. If you don’t have.
  • Jun 22, 2012 SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a virtual private server with SSH than using a password alone. With SSH keys, users can log into a server without a password. This tutorial explains how to generate, use, and upload an SSH Key Pair.
  • Dec 18, 2019 In this tutorial, we will walk through how to generate SSH keys on Ubuntu 18.04 machines. We will also show you how to set up an SSH key-based authentication and connect to your remote Linux servers without entering a password.

Generate the SSH key with ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 (see here) Copy the content of your public SSH key, it is the file idrsa.pub by default. Paste the content into your GitHub/BitBucket account on the SSH key.

SSH, the secure shell, is often used to access remote Linux systems. But its authentication mechanism, where a private local key is paired with a public remote key, is used to secure all kinds of online services, from GitHub and Launchpad to Linux running on Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

Generating these keys from Linux is easy, and thanks to Ubuntu on Windows, you can follow the same process from Windows 10. But even without Ubuntu, SSH keys can also be generated with the free and open source Windows application, PuTTy

Over the following few steps, we’ll guide you through the process of generating SSH keys using both Ubuntu on Windows and PuTTY.

Requirements

All you need is a PC running Windows 10 and either of the following installed:

  • The puttygen.exe executable from PuTTY

If you don’t already have Ubuntu on Windows, take a look at our Install Ubuntu on Windows 10 tutorial.

SSH keys are a necessity for Python development when you are working withGit, connecting to remote servers and automating yourdeployments. Let's walk through how to generate SSHkey pairs, which contain both a public and a private key within a singlepair, on Ubuntu Linux.

Generating the Public and Private Keys

Open up a new terminal window in Ubuntu like we see in the followingscreenshot.

The ssh-keygen command provides an interactive command line interface forgenerating both the public and private keys. Invoke ssh-keygen with thefollowing -t and -b arguments to ensure we get a 4096 bit RSA key.Optionally, you can also specify your email address with -C (otherwiseone will be generated off your current Linux account):

(Note: the -o option was introduced in 2014; if this command fails for you, simply remove the -o option)

The first prompt you will see asks where to save the key. However, there areactually two files that will be generated: the public key and the privatekey.

This prompt refers to the private key and whatever you enter will alsogenerate a second file for the public key that has the same name and .pubappended.

If you already have a key, you should specify a new filename. I use manySSH keys so I typically name them 'test-deploy', 'prod-deploy', 'ci-server'along with a unique project name. Naming is one of those hard computerscience problems, so take some time to come up with a system that works foryou and the development team you work with!

Next you will see a prompt for an optional passphrase:

Whether or not you want a passphrase depends on how you will use the key.The system will ask you for the passphrase whenever you use the SSH keyso it is more secure.However, if you are automating deployments with acontinuous integration server likeJenkins then you will not want a passphrase.

Be aware that it is impossible to recover a passphrase if it is lost. Keepthat passphrase safe and secure because otherwise a completely new key wouldhave to be generated.

Enter the passphrase (or just press enter to not have a passphrase) twice.You'll see some output like the following:

Your SSH key is now generated and ready to use!

What now?

Now that you have your public and private keys, I recommend settingup a Python development environment withone of the following tutorials so you can start coding:

Additional ssh-keygen command resources:

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Questions? Contact me via Twitter@fullstackpythonor @mattmakai. I'm also on GitHub withthe username mattmakai.

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