Using SSH keys with Github

In this video we setup SSH keys to connect to Github to use git commands. This will allow us to use 2 factor auth and it also will stop VScode from asking for username and passwords periodically.

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Here are the links for the tutorials we followed in the video.

Generating a new SSH Key:

Adding an SSH Key to your Github:

Add Github to known hosts:

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[dugannash]

Thank you!

The tutorial i was given wasn't nearly as descriptive as yours. Maybe I should be taking classes from you! XD

[sourishghosh]

Thanks for the video, it covers almost all scenarios one might face while setting up ssh for Github

[nicholascanova]

Loved the last 3 minutes - "here is a common issue you might face with "known hosts" and here's how to fix that too". Great stuff

[prayag_vaibhav]

This video was really helpful! I could not configure git ssh keys but after watching this. You get my like. Thank you and keep up the good work.

[bryanedds]

thanks bro, you took out the guesswork!

[karinep]

Just an advice you could give a zoom on the pages you showing in the video, because I have a 15.6 inch screen and it's a little bit hard to read what is in the video, even in the high resolution, or you could use a magnifying glass as an app or extension! :)

[danielrodrigoalegriasallo]

Thank you so much. You explained everything so clearly.

[videogamesare]

This was super, super helpful! Thank you! I failed to set the remote to the SSH remote (attempting to push to the HTTPS one) which resulted in GitHub still prompting me for creds, this video helped me diagnose the issue.

[AjaySharma-jvqn]

You should be professor brother, Keep up good work nice video :)

[inhibited]

I have windows 11 on my laptop. ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
just hangs with no response. id_rsa is the correct folder too. I just looked and there is a pub file in it - regardless of not responding. I just ctrl-c out to do next command. I just tried the github directions for ssh and it is now writing. Thank you.

[amerrashed]

Thanks a lot. I missed the step adding the key to ssh-agent. I was Reaaly struggling. Now working like a charm!! By the way, your internet speed is almost instant!! Lucky, I hope to get yours 😉

[inhibited]

I am here because I got a weird "error: RPC failed; curl 18 transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining" when I tried to push code on a laptop with windows 11 recently installed . trying to learn to push using ssh instead of http to avoid the error, if possible

[SagarSingh-ietx]

i did all but still whiling pushing it asking password ....is there any kind of restart required?

[haneulkim]

Thanks for the great video. One question, if anyone can creat ssh-key then they can access any repo that is private? if not how to they get approved?

[danpalu]

Music at @1:26 was ridiculously loud, horribly edited, for a second I thought I'd contracted some malware that suddenly started playing in the background! What are you doing! I pissed my pants and the neighbors baby woke up!

[naranyala_dev]

thanks, but the text is too tiny in my screen

[dionrowney]

You skipped the passphrase part which is exactly the problem I am having

[peterg]

bad one, a minority of people got 4k screens at home to watch this. BR