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Before you generate an SSH key, you can check to see if you have any existing SSH keys.
Note: DSA keys were deprecated in OpenSSH 7.0. If your operating system uses OpenSSH, you'll need to use an alternate type of key when setting up SSH, such as an RSA key. For instance, if your operating system is MacOS Sierra, you can set up SSH using an RSA key.
Creating Keys. This is a brief guide to creating a public/private key pair that can be used for OpenSSL. While the 'easy' version will work, I find it convenient to generate a single PEM bundle and then export the private/public key from that as needed. Setting up ssh public key authentication on macOS using a YubiKey 4. I largely followed Florin's blog post, but have a few notes to add regarding issues I encountered. Basic setup notes. Generating a new SSH key Open the terminal. Paste the text below, substituting in your GitHub email address. When you're prompted to 'Enter a file in which to save the key,' press Enter. At the prompt, type a secure passphrase. For more information.
- Open TerminalTerminalGit Bashthe terminal.
- Enter
ls -al ~/.ssh
to see if existing SSH keys are present: - Check the directory listing to see if you already have a public SSH key.
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By default, the filenames of the public keys are one of the following:
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- id_dsa.pub
- id_ecdsa.pub
- id_ed25519.pub
- id_rsa.pub
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- If you don't have an existing public and private key pair, or don't wish to use any that are available to connect to GitHub, then generate a new SSH key.
- If you see an existing public and private key pair listed (for example id_rsa.pub and id_rsa) that you would like to use to connect to GitHub, you can add your SSH key to the ssh-agent.
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Tip: If you receive an error that ~/.ssh doesn't exist, don't worry! We'll create it when we generate a new SSH key.