ssh keys
SSH Keys
Generate
Generate the key on your client using mac, cygwin, or any linux cli
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "some note so you know about this key"
Copy
Copy the public Key from CLIENT
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJ2Y5NZdThMB8VhGc32EZovvtfnw2HpQIvzjbiboXdp1 dave@somesite.com
Put
Put the public key on the server you are connecting to in the
vim ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJ2Y5NZdThMB8VhGc32EZovvtfnw2HpQIvzjbiboXdp1 dave@somesite.com
Use
Use the key to connect from client to server:
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 user@server