how to create authorized keys

July 23, 2013 4k views
m73mitchell
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I'm following along with this tutorial http://toroid.org/ams/git-website-howto about how to use git to deploy to a remote server with a simple command like 'git push web.' The article has the following paragraph "I assume that the web site will live on a server to which you have ssh access, and that things are set up so that you can ssh to it without having to type a password (i.e., that your public key is in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and you are running ssh-agent locally)." In the .ssh directory on my local machine, I have "id_rsa id_rsa.pub key_backup known_hosts" i.e. there is no 'authorized_keys' Can anyone explain how I might create authorized keys for this to work? thanks in advance
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pablo July 23, 2013
Check out:

1.) How to Create SSH Keys with PuTTY to Connect to a VPS | DigitalOcean;

2.) How to Set Up SSH Keys | DigitalOcean;

3.) How to Install Git on Ubuntu 12.04 | DigitalOcean;

4.) How to Use Git Effectively | DigitalOcean;

5.) How to Use Git Branches | DigitalOcean
How To Set Up SSH Keys
by Etel Sverdlov
SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a virtual private server with SSH than using a password alone. With SSH keys, users can log into a server without a password. This tutorial explains how to generate, use, and upload an SSH Key Pair.
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kamaln7 MOD July 23, 2013
Run: ssh-copy-id user@ip - this command will copy your public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Make sure it works by running: ssh user@ip
If you are not prompted for a password and successfully log in, it works.
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