Generating a new SSH key
- Open Terminal.
- Paste the text below, substituting in your GitHub email address.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"This creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a label.
> Generating public/private rsa key pair. - When you’re prompted to “Enter a file in which to save the key,” press Enter. This accepts the default file location.
> Enter a file in which to save the key (/home/you/.ssh/id_rsa): [Press enter] - At the prompt, type a secure passphrase. For more information, see “Working with SSH key passphrases”.
> Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type a passphrase] > Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again]
aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ cd .ssh bash: cd: .ssh: No such file or directory aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C aryan@xxxx.com Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/aryan/.ssh/id_rsa): Created directory '/home/aryan/.ssh'. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/aryan/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /home/aryan/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is:
Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent
Before adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent to manage your keys, you should have checked for existing SSH keys and generated a new SSH key.
- Start the ssh-agent in the background.
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" > Agent pid 59566 - Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Aryan Nava 