X-Git-Url: https://git.josue.xyz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ssh-pubkey%2FREADME.md;h=a95ce5403202f1fb1142637663acf354e55a4983;hb=448e66c33985374d57e15cfb167de48b183d2e76;hp=fe0cb789bc5e2f0129460e94290edbe7182c5dbe;hpb=09290eae7c5b55cd1189850caf1756c1479615da;p=webi-installers%2F.git diff --git a/ssh-pubkey/README.md b/ssh-pubkey/README.md index fe0cb78..a95ce54 100644 --- a/ssh-pubkey/README.md +++ b/ssh-pubkey/README.md @@ -3,15 +3,24 @@ title: SSH Pub Key homepage: https://webinstall.dev/ssh-pubkey tagline: | Get your SSH public key. -linux: true -description: | - `ssh-pubkey` will make sure you have an SSH key, and then print it to the screen and place it in `~/Downloads` --- -Get your public key, the easy way: +## Cheat Sheet + +> Your SSH Public Key is used for secure login from your laptop to servers and +> other network devices - such as Raspberry Pis, game consoles, and home cloud +> systems. The file public key _always_ ends in `.pub`. + +`ssh-pubkey` will: + +1. Create a new ssh keypair if you don’t already have one +2. Copy your new or existing SSH Public Key to your `Downloads` folder +3. Print the location of the copied key, and its contents to the screen + +The easiest way to get your SSH Public Key: ```bash -ssh-pubkey +curl https://webinstall.dev/ssh-pubkey | bash ``` ```txt @@ -20,19 +29,29 @@ ssh-pubkey ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTOhRnzDJNBNBXVCgkxkEaDM4IAp81MtE8fuqeQuFvq5gYLWoZND39N++bUvjMRCveWzZlQNxcLjXHlZA3mGj1b9aMImrvyoq8FJepe+RLEuptJe3md4EtTXo8VJuMXV0lJCcd9ct+eqJ0jH0ww4FDJXWMaFbiVwJBO0IaYevlwcf0QwH12FCARZUSwXfsIeCZNGxOPamIUCXumpQiAjTLGHFIDyWwLDCNPi8GyB3VmqsTNEvO/H8yY4VI7l9hpztE5W6LmGUfTMZrnsELryP5oRlo8W5oVFFS85Lb8bVfn43deGdlLGkwmcJuXzZfostSTHI5Mj7MWezPZyoSqFLl johndoe@MacBook-Air ``` -Create an SSH keypair if you don't have one: +The standard location for your SSH Public Key: + +```bash +~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub +``` + +How to create an SSH Keypair if it doesn't already exist: ```bash -[ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ] || ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -q -N "" +if [ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ];then + ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -q -N "" +fi ``` -Copy your public key to `~/Downloads`: +How to copy your SSH Public Key to from its hidden folder to your `Downloads` +folder: ```bash -rsync -av "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.$(whoami).pub" +rsync -av "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" \ + "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.$(whoami).pub" ``` -Print your public key to the Terminal: +How to print your public key to the Terminal: ```bash cat "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.pub"