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SSH Keys
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To generate an SSH key, type the following at a terminal:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email_address"The tool will ask you several questions. For our purposes, the default values will suffice (i.e. just hit
Enteruntil it finishes) unless you desire to protect your key with a password (not recommended for this class; it would require you to enter in a password any time you want to use the SSH key). -
Once this is done you can find the contents of your new SSH keys by typing in
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pubNOTE: Make sure that you
catthe values ofid_ed25519.puband NOTid_ed25519. The contents in the.pubare meant to be shared with thepublic and the contents of the other file are not meant to be shared with anyone else.