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$\"\"$ <\/a>When you’re prompted to “Enter a file in which to save the key,” press Enter<\/b> to save it in the default location. If you wish to use a different location, you can provide the path to be used here as well.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>At the prompt, type a secure passphrase<\/b> that will be used when your key is authenticating, and confirm it<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Congratulations! You now know how to generate an SSH key pair<\/b>. Now we are going to walk you through the steps needed to supply your public key to GitHub for authentication.<\/p>\n
Adding your public key to GitHub<\/h2>\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/a>View your public key<\/b> by running the following command, substituting the file path with the one you used in the previous tutorial if you did not use the default location\ncat ~\/ssh\/id_rsa.pub<\/pre>\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>Select and copy<\/b> the entire key to your clipboard\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>Login<\/b> to your GitHub account<\/a>\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>In the upper-right corner the GitHub website, click your profile photo<\/b>, then click Settings<\/b>.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>On the left hand side, select SSH and GPG Keys<\/b>.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>Select New SSH key<\/b> or Add SSH key<\/b>.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>In the “Title<\/b>” field, add a label for the new key.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>Paste<\/b> your key into the “Key” field.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>Select Add SSH key<\/b>.\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>If prompted, confirm<\/b> your GitHub password.\n
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Congratulations! You now know how to set up your SSH key pair<\/strong> on your server, and use your public key<\/b> to connect via SSH to GitHub. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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