Configuring Local SSH Login with Public and Private Keys

Procedure

Configuring local SSH login with public and private keys (on Windows)

1. Generate a public-private key pair.

   On Windows, run ssh-keygen -b 3072 -t rsa in the CLI to create a public-private key pair. Press Enter to proceed. By default, the created public-private key pair is stored in the id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files in ~/.ssh/.

2. Copy the local .ssh folder to the SSH server (the remote environment to be connected) and import the content of the public key file to the authorized_keys file.

   1 2	cd ~/.ssh cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys

3. Configure the directory permissions.
   • Set the permission for the SSH server user directory to 700.

     1	chmod 700 ~

   • Set the permission for the .ssh directory to 700.

     1	chmod 700 ~/.ssh

   • Set the permission for the authorized_keys file to 600.

     1	chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys