When copying the ssh key, what to copy in the authorized_keys file?

Posted October 6, 2019
Configuration Management Ansible

I am trying this out and I am sorry if this is a stupid question but do I copy this part of the key in to the authorized_keys file?

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

or Do I just copy the actual key in between those two pieces.

Thanks, Michael

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KFSys • October 7, 2019

Hi @nexusguy59,

You need to copy your public key not your private one. The public key is located in the following file

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

You need to copy it’s content and paste in your server’s ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file

Regards, Kalin

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