How to Setup Multiple Ssh Keys for Multiple Github/Bitbucket accounts

multiple_ssh_keys.md

How to Setup Multiple Ssh Keys for Multiple Github/Bitbucket accounts

create the SSH keys.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "mjrulesamrat@gmail.com"

Add the SSH Keys to the SSH-Agent

ssh-add id_rsa_mjrulesamrat

Configuration

Create config file and add multiple hosts to accomodate different accounts of github, bitbucket or gitlab.

vim ~/.ssh/config

Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Host mjrulesamrat.github.com
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_mjrulesamrat

Other examples of different accounts:

• mjrulesamrat.gitlab.com

• mjrulesamrat.bitbucket.org

Add the Keys to your Repositories Accounts

Add id_rsa_mjrulesamrat.pub to github account ssh keys

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_mjrulesamrat.pub

Clone repo and start working..

git clone git@mjrulesamrat.github.com:mjrulesamrat/docker-commands.git

doesnt work

What issue you're facing @Zeeshan-H ?

hi,
The above solution didn't work for me as well.

Key pointers:

• The above illustration misses the explanation on the Host. Initially, to a new user, it seems like the Host is defining something related to the GitHub and can differ based on the individual or company level. After doing some research, I understood that it is a custom name given by the user to refer to the host it wants to talk to.
• I believe that the config is missing with the two fields as given below:
  • AddKeysToAgent: Basically it will instruct if the same can be added to the agent
  • User: Who is the user? Which in this scenario is git.

Finally, the below code snippet helped me achieve the goal,

Host work
    HostName bitbucket.org
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

Please correct me If I am wrong in the Explanation.

Thanks for this article @mjrulesamrat . It did helped me

@ritik-agrawal Can you share the clone command which uses your config?

• Get the ssh url from the git repository
• Use command as given below

git clone <ssh-url>

This should work.
Currently this is working for me.

cc @mjrulesamrat

Thanks for the article.
For the Bitbucket, there is a guide here. More information can be found in this guide.