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SSH Access - Generating a Public/Private Key
Generating the Key
- Login to your Just Host Control Panel
- Choose SSH / Shell Access, in the Security section.
- Click Manage SSH Keys
- Choose to Generate a new Key
- Enter a new Key password.
- Choose DSA or RSA for the type.
It is recommend that you choose RSA. - Choose a Key size, it is recommend to use 2048 or higher.
- Click Generate Key
- Click the Go Back button.
Authorize the Key
Authorizing the key will add the public key to the authorized_keys file.- Click Manage Authorization
- Click the Authorize button for your newly created key.
- Click Go Back to return to the main page.
Private Key
The private key needs to be stored on your local computer.- To the right of your private key, click View/Download.
- Click the Download Key button to download the private key.
- If on Linux or Mac OS copy the id_dsa file to your ~/.ssh folder.
- On Windows you will want to move it some place safe.
Using your new key
Windows
For Windows please see Using SSH on Windows (PuTTY)Linux or Mac OS
- Open your Terminal
- Enter the following command
- If you created a passphrase you might see something like the following
ssh username@IP
Enter passphrase for key '~/.ssh/id_dsa':
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