Mobile DevOps

Configuring SSH keys

To configure and set up SSH keys for your GitHub account, follow these steps:

1. Check whether you already have an ssh key pair.
2. Open Git Bash and enter ls -al ~/.ssh to see whether existing SSH keys are present:

$ ls -al ~/.ssh  

3. The public key consists of the .pub extension. Create a new key pair (skip this step if you already have a key pair).
4. Open Git Bash and paste in the following text, substituting your GitHub email address for the one shown:

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C [e-mail]  

5. When you're prompted ...