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    Setup GitHub repository SSH deploy keys


Create GitHub repository in github and save the SSH repository url


Init git on server in code directory


git init


Create SSH keys on the server


ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C your@email.here
Rename the key that doesn't end with .pub to repo-name.deploy.pem
Save .pub file content to your local client for use later
Move .pem key to ~/.ssh/ or suitable location
Change key file permission: sudo chmod 400 repo-name.deploy.pem


Create ssh-config file


Navigate to ~/.ssh and touch config set permission sudo chmod 644 config
Add entry in config file

Host gitreponame
Hostname github.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/repo-name.deploy.pem


Add the content from the public key file i.e. .pub to your github repository, settings > deploy keys > Add deploy keys


Set the remote git repository url on the server for the initalized git repo


git remote add origin git@gitreponame:organization-name/repo-name.git or if already existing
git remote set-url origin git@gitreponame:organization-name/repo-name.git
test with: git remote -v


Add files to commit and push them to the master branch


git add .
git commit -m 'root commit'
git push -u origin master