Generate New Ssh Key Osx

03.04.2020by

You generate an SSH key through macOS by using the Terminal application. Once you upload a valid public SSH key, the Triton Compute Service uses SmartLogin to copy the public key to any new SmartMachine you provision.

Joyent recommends RSA keys because the node-manta CLI programs work with RSA keys both locally and with the ssh agent. DSA keys will work only if the private key is on the same system as the CLI, and not password-protected.

I've been using Bitbucket / Hg / SourceTree using SSH on OSX / MacOS for many years. With the recent upgrade to (SourceTree v2.4) it can't detect the SSH keys installed on the system and has changed all the repo remote settings over to HTTPS. When I attempt to add the SSH key via SourceTree (Source.

  1. Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent. Before adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent to manage your keys, you should have checked for existing SSH keys and generated a new SSH key. When adding your SSH key to the agent, use the default macOS ssh-add command, and not an application installed by macports, homebrew, or some other external source.
  2. Creating an SSH key on Linux & macOS 1. Check for existing SSH keys. You should check for existing SSH keys on your local computer. You can use an existing SSH key with Bitbucket Server if you want, in which case you can go straight to either SSH user keys for personal use or SSH access keys for system use. Open a terminal and run the following.
  3. SiteGround uses key pairs for SSH authentication purposes, as opposed to plain username and password. More information on SSH keys is available here. You can generate an SSH key pair in Mac OS following these steps: Open up the Terminal by going to Applications - Utilities - Terminal.
  4. On standard cloud images of Linux operating systems like Ubuntu and Fedora SSH access is restricted to public key authentication. Instead of authenticating with a password you authenticate with a private key that corresponds to a public key that is installed on the instance.

Ssh Key Setup

About Terminal

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Terminal is the terminal emulator which provides a text-based command line interface to the Unix shell of macOS.

To open the macOS Terminal, follow these steps:

  1. In Finder, choose Utilities from the Applications folder.
  2. Find Terminal in the Utilities listw.
  3. Open Terminal.

The Terminal window opens with the commandline prompt displaying the name of your machine and your username.

Generating an SSH key

An SSH key consists of a pair of files. One is the private key, which should never be shared with anyone. The other is the public key. The other file is a public key which allows you to log into the containers and VMs you provision. When you generate the keys, you will use ssh-keygen to store the keys in a safe location so you can bypass the login prompt when connecting to your instances.

To generate SSH keys in macOS, follow these steps:

  1. Enter the following command in the Terminal window.

    This starts the key generation process. When you execute this command, the ssh-keygen utility prompts you to indicate where to store the key.

  2. Press the ENTER key to accept the default location. The ssh-keygen utility prompts you for a passphrase.

  3. Type in a passphrase. You can also hit the ENTER key to accept the default (no passphrase). However, this is not recommended.

You will need to enter the passphrase a second time to continue.

After you confirm the passphrase, the system generates the key pair.

Your private key is saved to the id_rsa file in the .ssh directory and is used to verify the public key you use belongs to the same Triton Compute Service account.

Never share your private key with anyone!

Your public key is saved to the id_rsa.pub;file and is the key you upload to your Triton Compute Service account. You can save this key to the clipboard by running this:

Importing your SSH key

Now you must import the copied SSH key to the portal.

  1. After you copy the SSH key to the clipboard, return to your account page.
  2. Choose to Import Public Key and paste your SSH key into the Public Key field.
  3. In the Key Name field, provide a name for the key. Note: although providing a key name is optional, it is a best practice for ease of managing multiple SSH keys.
  4. Add the key. It will now appear in your table of keys under SSH.

Troubleshooting

You may see a password prompt like this:

This is because:

  • You did not enter the correct passphrase.
  • The private key on your Macintosh (id_rsa) does not match the public key stored with your Triton Compute Service account.
  • The public key was not entered correctly in your Triton account.

What are my next steps?

Right in the portal, you can easily create Docker containers, infrastructure containers, and hardware virtual machines.

In order to use the Terminal to create instances, set up triton and CloudAPI as well as the triton-docker commandline tool.

SSH Keys Overview

When creating a Compute Instance, you will not receive a root password. Authentication is based on secure SSH keys instead of using passwords.
SSH keys allow password-less authentication on secure shell (SSH) Connections.

This guide shows how to configure and enable a SSH key on Windows, MacOS or Linux computers.

Requirements

  • You have an account and are logged into console.scaleway.com

RSA Key Pair

Before creating your first instance, you have to create a RSA key pair on your local computer. A RSA key pair consists of two elements:

  • An identification key, which must be kept securely
  • A public key which needs to be uploaded to the Scaleway interface.

The public key is kept in your Scaleway account and transferred to the instance during the boot process, while the private key is kept securely on your computer.

When connecting to the instance via SSH, a trusted connection to the machine is being established using the key pair. If there is a discrepancy between the keys or any of them is missing, authentication fails and a connection cannot be established.

Important: For security reasons you must generate a 2048-bit or 4096-bit RSA key. Older 1024-bit keys are no longer supported.

Creating the Key Pair on OSX and Linux

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1 . Open the terminal application (command line) by clicking on the corresponding icon: Studio one keygen generator.

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2 . Type the following command ssh-keygen -o -b 4096 and press Enter to generate the new key:

Generate New Ssh Key Osx

The -o option was added in 2014; if this command fails for you, simply remove the -o flag.

3 . Enter the file path in which to safe the key. Leave it at the default setting if you are creating your first key (which will be saved as id_rsa):

4 . Set a passphrase, this step is not mandatory but highly recommended for increased security. The passphrase can be freely chosen. If no passphrase is required, press Enter:

5 . Enter the passphrase again to confirm it. Then press Enter:

6 . The key pair is being generated (a public key that we will copy on your instances, and a private key that you must keep secret). By default, the two files are located in the /Users/me/.ssh/ directory:

  • The public Key is named id_rsa.pub
  • The private Key is named id_rsa

The entire key generation looks like this

  • Display the public key content with the cat command and copy it, as it is required for step 2:

Creating the Key Pair on Windows

1 . Download PuTTYgen to your local computer

2 . Launch PuTTYgen by double-clicking on the application:

3 . Select RSA, set the Number of bits in the key to 4096 and click the “Generate” button:

4 . Move the mouse around the blank area, as indicated, to generate some randomness:

5 . Two keys are generated (a public key that we will be copy on your instances, and a private key that you must keep secret):

  • Fill-in the Key-comment field with a name to help you identify this key pair
  • Click the Save public key button and save it in the folder of your choice
  • Click the Save private key button and save it the same folder
  • Select the public key content. Copy it (below Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file) into your clipboard which is required for the following step.

Save the Content of the Public Key on the SSH Keys Section

1 . Upload the content of the public Key in the Control Panel.
From the Control Panel, open the drop-down menu on your account name and click on Credentials link.

2 . In the SSH Keys section click on Add a new SSH Key and paste the content of your public key in the text area, then on Add a SSH Key.

You are now ready to create and start your first instance!

Important

  • If you add a new SSH key into the console and can ssh your instance, reload your ssh-keys with scw-fetch-ssh-keys --upgrade command
  • If you add a new SSH key into the console and can not access your instance, reboot your instance from the Control Panel to load ssh-keys
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