SSH Keys Generate

# SSH Keys Generation


### Checking for existing SSH keys first

```TXT
ls -al ~/.ssh
```

### Generating a new SSH key
```TXT
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"
```

### Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent
```TXT
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
```

### Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent and store your passphrase in the keychain
```TXT
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa
```

### Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account
```TXT
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
```

### If it doesn’t work (do not copy it) use:

```TXT
cat git_rsa.pub 
```

This will list the key, then just copy it and paste into the deploy key on the GitHub repo

## Modify existing SSH

### CD into .ssh

```TXT
cd ~/.ssh
```

```TXT
ls -la
```

```TXT
vim known_hosts
```

Then change the credentials if necessary and save it