Get your SSH public key.
Get your SSH public key.
Your SSH Public Key is used for secure login from your laptop to servers and other network devices - such as Raspberry Pis, game consoles, and home cloud systems. The file public key always ends in
.pub
.
ssh-pubkey
will:
Downloads
folderThe easiest way to get your SSH Public Key:
curl https://webinstall.dev/ssh-pubkey | bash
~/Downloads/id_rsa.johndoe.pub:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTOhRnzDJNBNBXVCgkxkEaDM4IAp81MtE8fuqeQuFvq5gYLWoZND39N++bUvjMRCveWzZlQNxcLjXHlZA3mGj1b9aMImrvyoq8FJepe+RLEuptJe3md4EtTXo8VJuMXV0lJCcd9ct+eqJ0jH0ww4FDJXWMaFbiVwJBO0IaYevlwcf0QwH12FCARZUSwXfsIeCZNGxOPamIUCXumpQiAjTLGHFIDyWwLDCNPi8GyB3VmqsTNEvO/H8yY4VI7l9hpztE5W6LmGUfTMZrnsELryP5oRlo8W5oVFFS85Lb8bVfn43deGdlLGkwmcJuXzZfostSTHI5Mj7MWezPZyoSqFLl johndoe@MacBook-Air
The standard location for your SSH Public Key:
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
How to create an SSH Keypair if it doesn't already exist:
if [ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" ];then
ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -q -N ""
fi
How to copy your SSH Public Key to from its hidden folder to your Downloads
folder:
rsync -av "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" \
"$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.$(whoami).pub"
How to print your public key to the Terminal:
cat "$HOME/Downloads/id_rsa.pub"