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Github SSH Config

Shamik edited this page Mar 11, 2022 · 6 revisions

Github SSH Config

Generating and Adding a New SSH Key

The below instructions have been formulated from the above official Github docs. Generating SSH key for @shamik-biswas-rft

Generating ssh-keygen
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C [email protected]
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
exec ssh-agent bash
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Copy and paste the output of the below command in the ssh keys on Github
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Authenticate your ssh key
ssh -T [email protected]

Successful authentication
Hi shamik-biswas-rft! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.