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Yubikey GPG & SSH Setup on Mac OS
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Guide to setting up your existing YubiKey for GPG & SSH authentication on a Mac

1. Download and install GPG Tools Suite

https://gpgtools.org/

2. Launch GPG Keychain application & import your public key & set it's trust level to Ultimate

3. Edit the file ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf & add the following lines to it

enable-ssh-support
default-cache-ttl 60
max-cache-ttl 120
pinentry-program /usr/local/MacGPG2/libexec/pinentry-mac.app/Contents/MacOS/pinentry-mac

4. Create or edit bash_profile & add the following lines to it:

GPG_TTY=$(/usr/bin/tty)
SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$HOME/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh"
export GPG_TTY SSH_AUTH_SOCK
gpgconf --launch gpg-agent

5. Source the bash_profile by running the following command:

source ~/.bash_profile

6. Test the configuration by running the following command:

ssh-add -L

If you are able to see ssh-rsa & your key then Profit 🎉

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