Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent

windows_200711_ssh_keygen.md

Generating a new SSH key

This creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a comment(label). Ex: ssh-rsa AAA....== this_is_a_comment (email/hostname/etc.)

> ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

Copy public key to clipboard (more)

> cmd /c "clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"

Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent

Check the service is running or not.

> Get-Service ssh-agent

Set the service to start manually (run powershell as administrator) and start.

> Get-Service -Name ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Manual
> Start-Service ssh-agent # or just ssh-agent.exe

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