Adding SSH Keys

Follow these steps to add SSH Keys:

1. Generate private/public RSA key pair using:

   ssh-keygen -t rsa

   You can use the defaults. The private key will be at ~/.ssh/id_rsa and the public at ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
2. Copy the public key to the server using:

   scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub <username>@<host>:<filepath>/id_rsa.pub

3. Login to the server using:

   ssh <username>@<host>

4. Add the public key to the host using:

   cat <filepath>/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

   In case of error try changing the file permission:

   chmod 700 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

And… Done!