- 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 ided25519 in the command with the name of your private key file. $ ssh-add /.ssh/ided25519 Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.
- The ssh-keygen command creates a 2048-bit RSA key pair. For extra security, use RSA4096: ssh –keygen –t rsa 4096 If you’ve already generated a key pair, this will prompt to overwrite them, and those old keys will not work anymore.
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An SSH key is an access credential for the SSH (secure shell) network protocol. This authenticated and encrypted secure network protocol is used for remote communication between machines on an unsecured open network. SSH is used for remote file transfer, network management, and remote operating system access.
To get the most out of the GridPane platform, you’ll often find the need to use SSH to log into your server and use our GPCLI (GridPane Command Line Interface) commands. GPCLI a powerful set of tools that allow you to customize not only your server but your WordPress installations as well.
For security reasons, SSH access is only available with the use of an SSH key and is restricted to the root user.
WARNING: The Peter Parker Principle applies here!
With great power comes great responsibility.
Not familiar with Spider-Man? In simple terms – the root user can do anything including deleting and breaking everything. Just a few bad keystrokes and everything can go away. Be careful with the commands you use and never share your Private SSH Key with anyone!
Step 1: Check if ssh client is installed
Make sure you have the latest updates of Windows if that is not possible, then at least you should have the Windows 10 Fall 2018 build update. From this update, Windows 10 now comes with a built-in ssh client! To check if the client is working, fire up a Powershell or CMD window and type in this If the client is installed, you should get the following reply: If you do not get the above result please check if you have the above-mentioned update
Step 2: Create Your SSH Key Pair
Type the following command at the prompt then press enter.
When prompted for the file in which to save the key, press enter. The default location will be created.
Keep default values and no need for a pass phrase.
Congratulations! You now have an SSH key. The whole process will look like this:
What does all this mean?
The key generating process has created two files.
id_rsa (this is your private key, do not lose or give this to anybody!)
id_rsa.pub (this is your public key, you copy this to servers or give to others to place onto servers for you to authenticate against using your private key)
These keys are store by default in:
The path might be different but you will always see it when generating the SSH Key, and, it may actually display as below depending on whether your system displays file extensions or not:
Step 3: Copy Your Public Key To Your Clipboard
We will use our good old notepad to get the contents of our public SSH key
You will need to run the following command. Remember to replace WINUSER with your own user
The output will look similar to this
Now type CTRL+A then CTRL+C to copy the contents from notepad
Step 4: Add Your Public Key To Your GridPane Settings
Highlight the output of the previous command and press enter. This copies the data to your clipboard. You may find it useful to paste this into a Notepad document while you log into your GridPane account.
Once logged in, click on your name to display the dropdown menu.
- Select “Your Settings”
- Click on “SSH Keys” in the left menu
- Give your key a name
- Paste the public key into the large text field
- Click the green “Add Key” button
If you do this all correctly, your new key will appear below in the Active SSH Keys list.
Step 5: Push Your Public Key To Your Server
Now push the key to the public server as described in this article
Add/Remove an SSH Key to/from an Active GridPane Server
Step 6: Connect To Your Server
Ssh Keygen -c
Logmein control panel mac download. To connect to the server, type the following in the terminal:
For my example, this is
Wait, root? But I did not name my key root! That doesn’t matter. Every key, regardless of name, that is added to your GridPane Active SSH Keys is a root key.
If this is your first time connecting to this server, you will be asked if you want to continue connecting and add this IP address to your list of known hosts. Type yes.
If the private key on your machine matches the public key on the server, you will be authenticated and connect to the server.
Ssh-keygen Command
The whole process looks like this:
Ssh Keygen Rsa
That’s it!