How-To Setup SSH Keys for GitHub Using GitBash (+Bonus Tips)

Published: 25 August 2020
on channel: Automation Dojos

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*** 🎧 How To Setup SSH Keys for GitHub Using GitBash (+Bonus Tips) 🎧 ***
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📋 📜 Platform / Techstack 📜 📋
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✔️ GitHub
✔️ OpenSSH
✔️ Git for Windows (GitBash)
✔️ MS Windows Operating System

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🏃 👣 Highlights / Steps 👣 🏃
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✔️ Starting / Verifying ssh-agent
✔️ Generate SSH Keys using ssh-Keygen (OpenSSH)
✔️ Setting up SSH Keys using ssh-agent (GitBash) and GitHub
✔️ SSH Authentication between GitBash and GitHub
✔️ Setting / Changing SSH Key Passphrases
✔️ Checking / Deleting existing SSH Keys

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📋 📜 Notes 📜 📋
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== For checking your SSH verion :
$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_8.3p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1g 21 Apr 2020

== Setting your Global Username and Email :
$ git config --global user.name "Your name here"
$ git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"

== Check if you already have any SSH keys which you can use :
$ ls -al ~/.ssh

== Generating SSH Keys using OpenSSH and generating SSH keys with ssh-keygen
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

== Start the ssh-agent in the background
$ eval $(ssh-agent -s)

== Add your Private key to SSH Agent :
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

== Test your GitBash authentication with Github
$ ssh -T git@github.com

== For changing passphrase of an existing ssh key, use :
$ ssh-keygen -p

== For removing 'ALL' private keys from the ssh-agent :
$ ssh-add -D

== For removing 'A Single' named private key from the ssh-agent :
$ ssh-add -d /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa

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🌐 🔗 Reference Links 🔗 🌐
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✔️ What is SSH by GitKraken (video): https://ext.adojo.link/what-is-ssh-by...
✔️ What is SSH? (useful resources): https://ext.adojo.link/what-is-ssh-of...
✔️ What is SSH? (on Bitbucket): https://ext.adojo.link/what-is-ssh-by...
✔️ SSH Command Reference: https://ext.adojo.link/ssh-cmd-reference

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