Mac and Linux

• Open Terminal

• Check if you already have a SSH keypair generated. Do the following:

  If the files exist, you already have SSH installed. IMPORTANT: But if you wish to regenerate the SSH key pair, at least back up your old SSH keys.

• Generate a 4096-bit key pair - yes, use the higher bit

• Enter a file in which you want to save your keys. You can press enter and the default ~/.ssh/id_rsa will be used.

• Enter a passphrase. Read Github working with SSH key passphrase articule on why you should use a passphrase and at the same time you don't have to enter the passphase everytime you use your SSH key. Nouveau logicielnet free steam key generator.

• From here on your SSH key pair is generated, your SSH public key is ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub - the one with the pub extension. BE EXTRA CAREFUL when using your ~/.ssh/id_rsa file. This is your private key, guard it properly.

Windows

Mac Get Ssh Key

1. Install Git for Windows
2. Open Git Bash and repeat the above instructions

Mac Generate New Ssh Key Pair Key

Step One: Creation of the RSA Key Pair. The first step in the installation process is to create the key pair on the client machine, which would, more often than not, be your own system. Users need to use the following command: ssh-keygen -o -b 4096 -t rsa. The above command kicks off the SSH Key installation process for users. Nov 19, 2013  Adding an SSH key to your Stash account on Linux and Mac; Browse pages. Configure Space tools. Stash is now known as Bitbucket Server. If you already have a key pair that you want to use. Now generate a new SSH key. Generate a new key.