Generate SSH Key on Mac/Linux

1. Launch the Terminal app on your Mac

Press CMD + spacebar on your Mac to launch ‘Spotlight Search’, then type ‘Terminal’ and press enter.

2. Generate your key

Type in the exact command on your terminal window:

ssh-keygen -t rsa

It will then ask you to enter which file to save the key in, you can press ‘Enter’ here and it will accept the default path.

Next, it will ask you to enter a passphrase. You can press ‘Enter’ here again to skip adding a passphrase.

Note: If you enter a passphrase in, your key will be encrypted, so whenever you connect to servers, you’ll have to answer the passphrase.

3. View and copy your public key

To view and copy your generated public key, enter the command cd .ssh and then ls

You’ll see two files listed as ‘id_rsa’.

The id_rsa file is your private key (we recommend not to share or upload anywhere) and the id_rsa.pub is your public key and what we want to copy.

Enter the command cat id_rsa.pub and select your public key and copy it to your clipboard.

4. Add your public key to MightyBox Settings

If you are unsure how to add your SSH key to MightyBox, click here to learn how.

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