Ubuntu SSH setup for Git

1. Generate key

   ssh-keygen -t <key_name> -C "[email protected]"

2. add the key to ssh agent

   • start agent in the background

     eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

   • add the private key

     ssh-add ~/.ssh/<key_name>

3. make sure the public key is added to github

   Github Guide to Adding SSH Keys

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To automatically start the agent and register the key on login, add the following to ~/.bashrc

# Start SSH agent if not running and add keys
if [ -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
    eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" > /dev/null 2>&1
fi

# Add your GitHub private key
if ! ssh-add -l | grep -q "github"; then
    ssh-add ~/.ssh/your_github_key 2>/dev/null
fi

References

Github Guide for Setting up SSH

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