June 2016
Intermediate to advanced
600 pages
8h 6m
English
The Windows operating system does not ship an SSH client or utilities to create cryptographic keys. In this book, we use the Git Bash third-party tool, but we could also use Git Shell or Putty. We can install Git, Git Bash and Git GUI from http://www.git-scm.com/download/win.
Let’s start with creating the public key for our SSH connection. On Windows open Git Bash and enter the following command:
ssh-keygen –f dockerhostkey
Next we are asked to enter a passphrase. We don’t have to enter one, but using a passphrase provides a little more security. It prevents anyone obtaining the key from using it without the passphrase.
The Git Bash console should now look similar to the one shown in Figure 2.3.
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