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Aug 22, 2017 You can generate and set up an SSH key for github so that you don't need to always type your username and password when you push. All you need is git bash (o. Create and add your SSH key pair. It is best practice to use Git over SSH instead of Git over HTTP. In order to use SSH, you will need to: Create an SSH key pair; Add your SSH public key to GitLab. Creating your SSH key pair. Go to your command line. Follow the instructions to generate your SSH key. To generate the public/private key pair, enter this in the Command Prompt: ssh-keygen At the first prompt, “Enter file in which to save the key,” press Enter to save it in the default location. Open your security settings by browsing to the web portal and selecting your avatar in the upper right of the user interface. Select Security in the menu that appears. Select SSH public keys, and then select + New Key. Copy the contents of the public key (for example, idrsa.pub) that you generated into the Public Key Data field. The only way I could get it to work was by using Git Gui to create the key pairs (without a password) and then copy and pasting the public key via the control panel, ssh, manage keys. To start at the beginning, you have to create the keys in Git Gui by going to menu Help, Show SSH key, then Generate Key. Generating a Secure Shell (SSH) Public/Private Key Pair The PuTTYgen program is part of PuTTY, an open source networking client for the Windows platform. To generate an SSH key pair on Windows using the PuTTYgen program.
Ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C 'your github's email' # Creates a new ssh key # Generating public/private rsa key pair. This will generate a key for you.You have to copy that and insert into your Github's account (just one time).
After you've checked for existing SSH keys, you can generate a new SSH key to use for authentication, then add it to the ssh-agent.
If you don't already have an SSH key, you must generate a new SSH key. If you're unsure whether you already have an SSH key, check for existing keys.
If you don't want to reenter your passphrase every time you use your SSH key, you can add your key to the SSH agent, which manages your SSH keys and remembers your passphrase.
Generating a new SSH key
Open TerminalTerminalGit Bashthe terminal.
Paste the text below, substituting in your GitHub Enterprise email address.
This creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a label.
When you're prompted to 'Enter a file in which to save the key,' press Enter. This accepts the default file location.
At the prompt, type a secure passphrase. For more information, see 'Working with SSH key passphrases'.
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.
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
If you're using macOS Sierra 10.12.2 or later, you will need to modify your
~/.ssh/configfile to automatically load keys into the ssh-agent and store passphrases in your keychain.Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent and store your passphrase in the keychain. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.
Note: The
-Koption is Apple's standard version ofssh-add, which stores the passphrase in your keychain for you when you add an ssh key to the ssh-agent.If you don't have Apple's standard version installed, you may receive an error. For more information on resolving this error, see 'Error: ssh-add: illegal option -- K.'
Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.
If you have GitHub Desktop installed, you can use it to clone repositories and not deal with SSH keys. It also comes with the Git Bash tool, which is the preferred way of running git commands on Windows.
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Ensure the ssh-agent is running:
- If you are using the Git Shell that's installed with GitHub Desktop, the ssh-agent should be running.
If you are using another terminal prompt, such as Git for Windows, you can use the 'Auto-launching the ssh-agent' instructions in 'Working with SSH key passphrases', or start it manually:
Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.
Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.
Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.
Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.
Further reading
Generate Public Ssh Key Windows Git Version
- 'About SSH'
- 'Working with SSH key passphrases'