SSH Key - Still asking for password and passphrase

Question

I\'ve been somewhat \'putting up\' with Github always asking for my username and password when I clone a repository. I want to bypass this step because it is an annoyance w

Answer 1

Generally, here are the steps to allow you make a remote connection to your server using ssh without password:

• Create a pair of rsa private and public key

  $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your comments"
  

• Copy your public key and login to your remote server

• Add your public key to .ssh/authorized_keys

• If you have multiple ssh keys in your computer you might to add your key using ssh-add

  $ ssh-add /path/to/private/key

• Then try ssh to your server

  $ ssh username@your_ip_address

Source: http://diary-of-programmer.blogspot.com/2018/08/tips-how-to-ssh-to-your-digitalocean.html