Git, how to generate public key

Question

how to generate a public key(to be used in GitHub/GitLab) using command line [Git Bash].

The command below generates the error sh.exe\": syntax error near une

Answer 1

The command to run is only

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "you@example.com"

All the rest beginning with line 2 of your script is the output of ssh-keygen.

And replace you@example.com with your email address.

Have a look at the manual for ssh-keygen to look for additional options. You should probably use a longer key by adding -b 4096 to the option list.

Answer 2

Here is the command

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[your github's email]"
# Creates a new ssh key
# Generating public/private rsa key pair.

This will generate a key for you.You have to copy that and insert into your Github's account (just one time).

Steps how to do It

Answer 3

Solution: ssh-keygen -t rsa

Explanation : ssh-keygen is a tool for creating new authentication key pairs for SSH. Such key pairs are used for automating logins, single sign-on, and for authenticating hosts

(for example cloning project from your private repo on Github straight to your aws machine).

Options: You can perform more complicated operations and using flags in order to generate a tailor-made key according to your use case, extended functionality are more powerful and secured. The basic flags are: bits (Large integers making the the RSA key be less vulnerable and hard to crack), passphrase (similar to password) , type (dsa/ecdsa/ed25519/rsa) , comment for the specific ssh token (email or user name) and output key (default store on ~/.ssh/ path)

Synopsis: ssh-keygen [-q] [-b bits] [-t dsa | ecdsa | ed25519 | rsa] [-N new_passphrase] [-C comment] [-f output_keyfile]

Example:

ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa -n "tHiSiaPasSWoRd" -c "johnDoe@gmail.com" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa