How to Set Up SSH Keys on Debian 9

1. Where do I put SSH key in Debian?
2. How do I add a key to SSH?
3. How do I find my SSH public key?
4. What is SSH add command?

Where do I put SSH key in Debian?

The easiest and the recommended way to copy the public key to the remote server is to use the ssh-copy-id tool. Once the user is authenticated, the content of the public key file ( ~/. ssh/id_rsa. pub ) will be appended to the remote user ~/.

How do I add a key to SSH?

ssh on Linux.

1. Set up your default identity. From the terminal, enter ssh-keygen at the command line. ...
2. Add the key to the ssh-agent. If you don't want to type your password each time you use the key, you'll need to add it to the ssh-agent. ...
3. Add the public key to your Account settings.

How do I find my SSH public key?

Checking for existing SSH keys

1. Open .
2. Enter ls -al ~/.ssh to see if existing SSH keys are present: $ ls -al ~/.ssh # Lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist.
3. Check the directory listing to see if you already have a public SSH key. By default, the filenames of the public keys are one of the following: id_rsa.pub. id_ecdsa.pub.

What is SSH add command?

The ssh-add command prompts the user for a private key password and adds it to the list maintained by ssh-agent . Once you add a password to ssh-agent , you will not be prompted for it when using SSH or scp to connect to hosts with your public key.