SSH Key Based Authentication

Step One - Create the RSA Key Pair

• Generate the key ssh-keygen -t rsa
• Accept the default settings for the key
• File Location
• Passphrase
• Public key saved to: /
• Private key saved to: /

Step Two - Copy the Public Key

• Use the ssh-copy-id command to copy the key

ssh-copy-id user@ip

• Note: This requires ssh-copy-id to be installed, if not installed, install via:

brew install ssh-copy-id