{"id":2650,"date":"2021-10-05T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:50:48","slug":"generating-an-ssh-key-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/generating-an-ssh-key-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Generating an SSH key in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It is possible to get an SSH key in Linux. All you would need do is, just run the ssh-keygen command within the command line. Once you run this command, it&#8217;ll ask you for a file into which the key should be saved and a passphrase i.e. password for a key. For an eg.:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>user@localhost: ssh-keygen -t rsa<br \/>\nGenerating public\/private rsa key pair.<br \/>\nEnter file in which to save the key (\/home\/user\/.ssh\/id_rsa):<br \/>\nEnter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):<br \/>\nEnter same passphrase again:<br \/>\nYour identification has been saved in id_rsa.<br \/>\nYour public key has been saved in id_rsa.pub.<br \/>\nThe key fingerprint is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>16:8e:e8:f2:1d:c9:b9:cf:43:9a:b3:3c:c1:1f:95:93\u00a0user@localhost<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A private key will be created at \/home\/user\/.ssh\/id_rsa and a public key at \/home\/user\/.ssh\/id_rsa.pub. The passphrase is for the security of your key. If you try connecting via SSH, it will ask you to enter passphrase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to get an SSH key in Linux. All you would need do is, just run the ssh-keygen command within the command line. Once you run this command, it&#8217;ll ask you for a file into which the key should be saved and a passphrase i.e. password for a key. 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