How to Generate Key Pairs

Steps

1. On the Master Server, or, if you are using empty passwords and generating key pairs for each connection, on the machine that is upstream, generate the keys.

   % ssh-keygen –t rsa

   The system prompts you for a password.

2. Determine whether you need to supply a password.

   • If you are using empty password keys, do not supply a password. Press Return to continue.

   • If you are using the ssh-agent, supply a password for the keys.

   The system prompts you to save the keys.

3. Save the keys in the default locations by pressing Return.

   The private key is saved in /User-home/.ssh/id_rsa. The public key is saved in /HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

   User-home is the home directory of the currently logged in user on the Master Server machine.