ssh-pubkey/README.md

   1 ---
   2 title: SSH Pub Key
   3 homepage: https://webinstall.dev/ssh-pubkey
   4 tagline: |
   5   Get your SSH public key.
   6 linux: true
   7 description: |
   8   > Your SSH Public Key is used for secure login from your laptop to servers and
   9   > other network devices - such as Raspberry Pis, game consoles, and home cloud
  10   > systems. The file public key _always_ ends in `.pub`.
  11
  12   `ssh-pubkey` will:
  13
  14     1. Create a new ssh keypair if you don’t already have one
  15     2. Copy your new or existing SSH Public Key to your `Downloads` folder
  16     3. Print the location of the copied key, and its contents to the screen
  17 ---
  18
  19 The easiest way to get your SSH Public Key:
  20
  21 ```bash
  22 curl https://webinstall.dev/ssh-pubkey | bash
  23 ```
  24
  25 ```txt
  26 ~/Downloads/id_rsa.johndoe.pub:
  27
  28 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTOhRnzDJNBNBXVCgkxkEaDM4IAp81MtE8fuqeQuFvq5gYLWoZND39N++bUvjMRCveWzZlQNxcLjXHlZA3mGj1b9aMImrvyoq8FJepe+RLEuptJe3md4EtTXo8VJuMXV0lJCcd9ct+eqJ0jH0ww4FDJXWMaFbiVwJBO0IaYevlwcf0QwH12FCARZUSwXfsIeCZNGxOPamIUCXumpQiAjTLGHFIDyWwLDCNPi8GyB3VmqsTNEvO/H8yY4VI7l9hpztE5W6LmGUfTMZrnsELryP5oRlo8W5oVFFS85Lb8bVfn43deGdlLGkwmcJuXzZfostSTHI5Mj7MWezPZyoSqFLl johndoe@MacBook-Air
  29 ```
  30
  31 The standard location for your SSH Public Key:
  32
  33 ```bash
  34 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  35 ```
  36
  37 How to create an SSH Keypair if it doesn't already exist:
  38
  39 ```bash
  40 if [ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ];then
  41     ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -q -N ""
  42 fi
  43 ```
  44
  45 How to copy your SSH Public Key to from its hidden folder to your `Downloads`
  46 folder:
  47
  48 ```bash
  49 rsync -av "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" \
  50     "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.$(whoami).pub"
  51 ```
  52
  53 How to print your public key to the Terminal:
  54
  55 ```bash
  56 cat "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.pub"
  57 ```