SSH Key Authentication | How to Create SSH Key Pairs

There’s a good chance you’ve been using SSH (Secure Shell) to access your Linode from your computer. In this video, we’ll cover how to generate and use SSH Key Pairs for easily and securely logging into your server.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Verifying SSH
2:47 - Installing PuTTY for Windows
3:45 - Generating an SSH Key Pair
6:19 - Copying SSH Keys to a Server
11:03 - Using SSH Keys on Windows
17:11 - Copying Public Keys to Linode
18:15 - Outro

#Linode #SSH #OpenSSH #AlternativeCloud
Product: Linode, SSH Keys, OpenSSH; Jay LaCroix;

[Dev-sfpz]

Underrated tutorial on how SSH certs work in relation to client / server and multiple OSs. Cheers!

[AdrianRandall]

Just what I needed thank you. Really clear and easy to follow along. Great content.

[antidotejack]

great explanation. I saw others tutorials but this made everything snap into place

[stephenrogers]

Jay, this was very helpful to me in getting RSYNC working to move data from Linux to Linux. I looked at lots of other video and written tutorials, got confused enough to hit lots of subtle roadblocks along the way. What you prove here is this topic is not that complex if you stay focused on the essentials.

[FreddoJ]

This was awesome - thanks! So clear and easy!

[carisma-uk]

thank you very much; I knew about this but never remember the exact sequence of actions; now I did it following your video and it works like a dream

[mrd]

The best explanation for ssh! Many thanks!

[NickForsberg]

Thanks! This helped me with what I needed and you explained it very clear! 10 stars! :)

[namitaigit]

Really clear and to the point! Thank you!

[Matt-vizt]

This is exactly a good example of a tutorial, thanks!

[veaceslavbivol]

Thank you, You made it very clear and straight to the point

[binrymge]

This was invaluable when setting up my Kali ssh server. Thanks. :)

[innerscopefx]

This video may have saved my computer from me throwing it at the wall in a fit of rage as I’m having trouble accessing my vps. Thanks for the great video

[josuangulo]

Amazing video, helped me a lot, now I Know the usage of the ssh keys, thank you so much

[minskmade]

great video and explanation...thank you

[hangemhi]

ty for the outstanding clarification on how to do this

[michalroesler]

In Windows we use the terminal (cmd) or PowerShell and we don't need Putty at all. It's 2 years or so, since Windows natively supports ssh connections through PowerShell.

[bullmarket]

Thank you, super easy to make it on windows

[ameador]

Windows 10 has a built in option to install the OpenSSH client from Windows Apps and Features. It would be cool to show using that client as it is accessible from the Windows cli and ssh-keygen works from there as well - storing it in the Windows equivalent user/home folder/.ssh structure. However, it doesn't seem to work from there when using the ssh connection - unless I'm setting it up wrong - but that's why it would be nice to see a video using this method and going through setup - using the native Openssh tools.

[tolupraise]

Hello,
Please what command prompt application did you use to input the commands?