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 ---
   7
   8 ## Cheat Sheet
   9
  10 > Your SSH Public Key is used for secure login from your laptop to servers and
  11 > other network devices - such as Raspberry Pis, game consoles, and home cloud
  12 > systems. The file public key _always_ ends in `.pub`.
  13
  14 `ssh-pubkey` will:
  15
  16 1. Create a new ssh keypair if you don’t already have one
  17 2. Copy your new or existing SSH Public Key to your `Downloads` folder
  18 3. Print the location of the copied key, and its contents to the screen
  19
  20 The easiest way to get your SSH Public Key:
  21
  22 ```bash
  23 curl https://webinstall.dev/ssh-pubkey | bash
  24 ```
  25
  26 ```txt
  27 ~/Downloads/id_rsa.johndoe.pub:
  28
  29 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTOhRnzDJNBNBXVCgkxkEaDM4IAp81MtE8fuqeQuFvq5gYLWoZND39N++bUvjMRCveWzZlQNxcLjXHlZA3mGj1b9aMImrvyoq8FJepe+RLEuptJe3md4EtTXo8VJuMXV0lJCcd9ct+eqJ0jH0ww4FDJXWMaFbiVwJBO0IaYevlwcf0QwH12FCARZUSwXfsIeCZNGxOPamIUCXumpQiAjTLGHFIDyWwLDCNPi8GyB3VmqsTNEvO/H8yY4VI7l9hpztE5W6LmGUfTMZrnsELryP5oRlo8W5oVFFS85Lb8bVfn43deGdlLGkwmcJuXzZfostSTHI5Mj7MWezPZyoSqFLl johndoe@MacBook-Air
  30 ```
  31
  32 The standard location for your SSH Public Key:
  33
  34 ```bash
  35 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  36 ```
  37
  38 How to create an SSH Keypair if it doesn't already exist:
  39
  40 ```bash
  41 if [ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ];then
  42     ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -q -N ""
  43 fi
  44 ```
  45
  46 How to copy your SSH Public Key to from its hidden folder to your `Downloads`
  47 folder:
  48
  49 ```bash
  50 rsync -av "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" \
  51     "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.$(whoami).pub"
  52 ```
  53
  54 How to print your public key to the Terminal:
  55
  56 ```bash
  57 cat "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.pub"
  58 ```