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