SSH Setup for Mac + Github

ssh-setup-mac-github.md

On Terminal

• To generate an ssh key:

cd ~/

ssh-keygen -t rsa

• Press enter to accept the default filename (/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa)
• Prompt asks you to create a passphrase. This is optional, either create a passphrase or press enter for no passphrase
• After pressing enter, two files will be created ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
• Public key will be stored in the file ending with .pub i.e. ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
• Copy public SSH key pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
• Press enter
• This will copy the contents of the id_rsa.pub file to your clipboard.

On Github

• Once you have copied your public SSH key, login to your GitHub account and go to https://github.com/settings/profile
• On the left-hand side menu, you will see a link SSH and GPG keys
• Click on that link which will take you to a page where you can enter your public SSH key that you copied earlier.
• Click on New SSH key
• Enter a title name
• Paste the public SSH key in the key textbox
• Click Add SSH key
• Test your GitHub authorization by attempting to clone a repo in your terminal