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