How to set up an SSH key. When you want to gain SSH acccess to a server, you need to generate a public/private keypair on your local computer. The private key is stored on your local machine, and should not be shared, while the public key is what you add to your Webdock account, and then assign to your shell users on your servers. Generating a Secure Shell (SSH) Public/Private Key Pair Several tools exist to generate SSH public/private key pairs. The following sections show how to generate an SSH key pair on UNIX, UNIX-like and Windows platforms. Sep 26, 2019 Your public key is saved to the idrsa.pub;file and is the key you upload to your Triton Compute Service account. You can save this key to the clipboard by running this: pbcopy rsa.pub Importing your SSH key. Now you must import the copied SSH key to the portal. After you copy the SSH key to the clipboard, return to your account page.

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Several tools exist to generate SSH public/private key pairs. The following sections show how to generate an SSH key pair on UNIX, UNIX-like and Windows platforms.

Generating an SSH Key Pair on UNIX and UNIX-Like Platforms Using the ssh-keygen Utility

UNIX and UNIX-like platforms (including Solaris and Linux) include the ssh-keygen utility to generate SSH key pairs.

1. Navigate to your home directory:
2. Run the ssh-keygen utility, providing as filename your choice of file name for the private key:

   The ssh-keygen utility prompts you for a passphrase for the private key.

3. Enter a passphrase for the private key, or press Enter to create a private key without a passphrase:

   Note:

   While a passphrase is not required, you should specify one as a security measure to protect the private key from unauthorized use. When you specify a passphrase, a user must enter the passphrase every time the private key is used.

   The ssh-keygen utility prompts you to enter the passphrase again.

4. Enter the passphrase again, or press Enter again to continue creating a private key without a passphrase:
5. The ssh-keygen utility displays a message indicating that the private key has been saved as filename and the public key has been saved as filename.pub. It also displays information about the key fingerprint and randomart image.

Generating an SSH Key Pair on Windows Using the PuTTYgen Program

The PuTTYgen program is part of PuTTY, an open source networking client for the Windows platform.

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1. Download and install PuTTY or PuTTYgen.

   To download PuTTY or PuTTYgen, go to http://www.putty.org/ and click the You can download PuTTY here link.

2. Run the PuTTYgen program.
3. Set the Type of key to generate option to SSH-2 RSA.
4. In the Number of bits in a generated key box, enter 2048.
5. Click Generate to generate a public/private key pair.

   As the key is being generated, move the mouse around the blank area as directed.

6. (Optional) Enter a passphrase for the private key in the Key passphrase box and reenter it in the Confirm passphrase box.

   Note:

   While a passphrase is not required, you should specify one as a security measure to protect the private key from unauthorized use. When you specify a passphrase, a user must enter the passphrase every time the private key is used.

7. Click Save private key to save the private key to a file. To adhere to file-naming conventions, you should give the private key file an extension of .ppk (PuTTY private key).

   Note:

   The .ppk file extension indicates that the private key is in PuTTY's proprietary format. You must use a key of this format when using PuTTY as your SSH client. It cannot be used with other SSH client tools. Refer to the PuTTY documentation to convert a private key in this format to a different format.
8. Select all of the characters in the Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file box.

   Make sure you select all the characters, not just the ones you can see in the narrow window. If a scroll bar is next to the characters, you aren't seeing all the characters.

9. Right-click somewhere in the selected text and select Copy from the menu.
10. Open a text editor and paste the characters, just as you copied them. Start at the first character in the text editor, and do not insert any line breaks.
11. Save the text file in the same folder where you saved the private key, using the .pub extension to indicate that the file contains a public key.
12. If you or others are going to use an SSH client that requires the OpenSSH format for private keys (such as the ssh utility on Linux), export the private key:
    1. On the Conversions menu, choose Export OpenSSH key.
    2. Save the private key in OpenSSH format in the same folder where you saved the private key in .ppk format, using an extension such as .openssh to indicate the file's content.

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How to set up an SSH key

When you want to gain SSH acccess to a server, you need to generate a public/private keypair on your local computer. The private key is stored on your local machine, and should not be shared, while the public key is what you add to your Webdock account, and then assign to your shell users on your servers. Click here to read our article on how to use your Public Key with Webdock.

This article just deals with how you can create an appropriate SSH key on your local machine for use with Webdock.

MacOS / Linux

Setting up SSH keys is easiest on Mac and Linux, and is practically identical. By default, the system adds keys to the /Users/<yourname>/.ssh directory on MacOS and /home/<username>/.ssh on Linux.

From the terminal, enter ssh-keygen at the command line.
The command prompts you for a file to save the key in:

Ssh key generation with period. You should just accept the default location, unless you have a reason to change it.

You should enter and re-enter a passphrase when prompted, if you want to password protect your key. This is more secure, but adds an additional password prompt whenever you want to log in to your Webdock server. Strictly speaking, the password can be omitted if you feel secure that your local system will not be compromised. You have to weigh convenience vs. risk here.

You can now list the contents of ~/.ssh to view the key files.

To view your public key, which is the one you should copy/paste into the Webdock interface, execute the following command:

Congratulations, you now have your SSH key all set up!

Windows 10 or later

One easy way to achieve this on Windows is to install the Linux subsystem and just run Bash on your windows machine, and then follow the same instructions as for Linux. You should then connect via. SSH through your Bash shell. For more information on how to run Linux on Windows, click here.

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