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ssh key based authentication
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ssh keys
mkdir ~/.ssh
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/<key_name>
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/<key_name>.pub <username>@<host>
# add following entry to ~/.ssh/config file
Host <host|alias>
HostName <host|ip>
User <username>
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<keyname>
ssh <host|alias>
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