GitHub SSH setup for Khurram

github-ssh-setup.md

GitHub SSH Key Setup

Your GitHub account has no SSH keys. Let's fix that.

1. Authenticate gh CLI first

gh auth login

Select:

• GitHub.com
• HTTPS
• Yes (authenticate with GitHub credentials)
• Login with a web browser

2. Generate GitHub key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "khurrams-probook-github" -f ~/.ssh/id_github

When prompted, enter a passphrase (4-5 random words). Store it in KeePassXC.

3. Add to ssh-agent

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_github

4. Add to GitHub account

gh ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_github.pub --title "khurrams-probook-github"

5. Update SSH config

cat >> ~/.ssh/config << 'SSHCONFIG'

# GitHub
Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_github
    IdentitiesOnly yes
SSHCONFIG

6. Test

ssh -T [email protected]

Should show: Hi khurrams! You've successfully authenticated...

7. Clone deskguard

mkdir -p ~/github
git clone [email protected]:Concurrent-Systems/deskguard.git ~/github/deskguard

8. Run deskguard

cd ~/github/deskguard
python3 deskguard.py --username khurram-shahzad