Setting Up SSH Keys for GitHub

Published: 27 October 2021
on channel: Victor Geislinger

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GitHub no longer supports password authentication when connecting to GitHub in relation to your git repos. In this video we go from beginning to end in creating and using SSH keys with GitHub.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - GitHub HTTPS passwords don't work anymore
01:27 - Generating an SSH key in the terminal
06:16 - Telling GitHub about our SSH key
08:00 - Testing our SSH key
08:49 - Using our SSH key to clone a repo
10:19 - That's it!
10:32 - Clicky Bits

GitHub documentation on SSH keys: https://docs.github.com/en/authentica...

Repo used for clone demonstration: https://github.com/MrGeislinger/lesso...

Checkout some of my other videos on git and GitHub:
Copy a GitHub Repo Without Forking: • Copy a GitHub Repo Without Forking
Syncing GitHub Forks: • Terminal Tuesday: Syncing GitHub Forks

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