Key Management

Generate A New Key Pair

Reference: GitHub Help

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[e-mail]"

Example Output

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/simcept/.ssh/id_rsa): /home/simcept/.ssh/id_rsa
Created directory '/home/simcept/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/simcept/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/simcept/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.