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   `ssh-pubkey` will make sure you have an SSH key, and then print it to the screen and place it in `~/Downloads`
   9 ---
  10
  11 Get your public key, the easy way:
  12
  13 ```bash
  14 ssh-pubkey
  15 ```
  16
  17 ```txt
  18 ~/Downloads/id_rsa.johndoe.pub:
  19
  20 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTOhRnzDJNBNBXVCgkxkEaDM4IAp81MtE8fuqeQuFvq5gYLWoZND39N++bUvjMRCveWzZlQNxcLjXHlZA3mGj1b9aMImrvyoq8FJepe+RLEuptJe3md4EtTXo8VJuMXV0lJCcd9ct+eqJ0jH0ww4FDJXWMaFbiVwJBO0IaYevlwcf0QwH12FCARZUSwXfsIeCZNGxOPamIUCXumpQiAjTLGHFIDyWwLDCNPi8GyB3VmqsTNEvO/H8yY4VI7l9hpztE5W6LmGUfTMZrnsELryP5oRlo8W5oVFFS85Lb8bVfn43deGdlLGkwmcJuXzZfostSTHI5Mj7MWezPZyoSqFLl johndoe@MacBook-Air
  21 ```
  22
  23 The standard location for your SSH Public Key:
  24
  25 ```bash
  26 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  27 ```
  28
  29 How to create an SSH Keypair if it doesn't already exist:
  30
  31 ```bash
  32 if [ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ];then
  33     ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -q -N ""
  34 fi
  35 ```
  36
  37 How to copy your SSH Public Key to from its hidden folder to your `Downloads`
  38 folder:
  39
  40 ```bash
  41 rsync -av "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" \
  42     "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.$(whoami).pub"
  43 ```
  44
  45 How to print your public key to the Terminal:
  46
  47 ```bash
  48 cat "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.pub"
  49 ```