Question
Do I have to give location to SSH key everytime I login via SSH?
- Posted on September 6, 2018
- SecurityUbuntu 16.04
Asked by Sam1012
Hi I just set up ssh keys using openssh and added them to my droplet following the guides. The ssh keys have been saved in a non-default folder on my computer. During my first login via ssh I used the command
ssh -i /path/to/private/key username@203.0.113.0
I was asked to enter my passphrase and upon entering it given access. All good till here.
Now the second time I logged in, I enterered
ssh username@203.0.113.0
But this did not log me in directly.
So I had to use just like the first time
ssh -i /path/to/private/key username@203.0.113.0
and enter my passphrase.
Is this normal and happening because my SSH key is in a non-default folder? Or am I doing anything wrong?
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One way would be to add your public keys to your Digital Ocean account (in the Security tab https://cloud.digitalocean.com/account/security). Then when you create your droplet, you can reference these by the ID. API ref: https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/#create-a-new-droplet.