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Generate SSH Key for GitHub

If you want use GitHub you need a SSH… So let me show how to generate a SSH Key on Windows 7…

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Open Command Prompt

[WINDOWS] + R + CMD

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Go to your SSH Key folder

cd  .ssh

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Create a SSH Key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C “youreMail@yourHost.yourDomain”

Generating public/private rsa key pair.Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Francis Varga/.ssh/id_rsa)/c/Users/Francis Varga/.ssh/id_rsa already exists.Overwrite (y/n)? yEnter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):Enter same passphrase again:Your identification has been saved in /c/Users/Francis Varga/.ssh/id_rsaYour public key has been saved in /c/Users/Francis Varga/.ssh/id_rsa.pubThe key fingerprint is:4b:7e:75:73:7d:1e:c7:78:b1:11:a1:59:e8:66:1c:36 github@varga-net.com

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Go to your .ssh Folder and open id_rsa.pub file with Notepad, copy the content and add it to GitHub
Click Add Key

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Test if your key work:
ssh git@github.com

ERROR: Hi FrancisVarga! You’ve successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access
Connection to github.com closed.