If you do overwrite the existing SSH keys, you may not be able to access previously used servers anymore! If so, you can use those for authentication and you shouldn’t overwrite them with new ones. The first step is to check if you already have SSH keys on your computer.
In OS X you can find Terminal under Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. Within Terminal you can enter commands and execute them by pressing the enter key. To generate a key pair on *nix systems you need to open up your Terminal application (command line). If you're on a *nix computer follow these steps and if you're on a Windows computer follow these steps. Generating your SSH key pair is different for *nix and Windows computers.
I am not responsible for any damages to your system. You could screw things up quite badly if you do something wrong. It assumes that there's a server running with SSH enabled.īe very careful while following this guide.
This guide will not cover setting up the server side of this system. This guide is written with newbies in mind, so I'm very thorough in describing the steps that you must take. I'll also explain how to connect to your server using Cyberduck.
If you do, you can use your public key(s) to get access to the server. In this document I’ll describe the steps you need to take to generate a key pair if you don’t have one already. To get SSH or SFTP access to a server without using a password you need to have a SSH key pair for each computer you want to be able to access the server from.
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