SCIAMA
High Performance Compute Cluster
Creating an SSH key pair
This article describes how to generate an SSH key on your own machine that can then be used to authenticate your connection to a target machine like the SCIAMA login nodes.
Windows
If you are using a Windows desktop, you can use tools like PuTTygen, which is part of the PuTTY software package.
Instructions for using PuTTygen can be found here.
Linux / macOS
If you are using a Linux or macOS desktop then use the command
Try not to use less than 4096 bits to ensure that your key is strong enough.
When prompted make sure you use a secure pass phrase. You should see output similar to:-
Enter file in which to save the key ($HOME/.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory ‘$HOME/.ssh’.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:2MTKd1MxNd40BLd8yY5HQrZJ/YgVBVMkL48b/Wp1A/w juser@server
The key’s randomart image is:
+—[RSA 2048]—-+
| o*@X=|
| . ++BO+|
| o o*oB=|
| . = ..o*=o|
| + S o .=oo|
| . . . .E+|
| ..+|
| .. |
| .. |
+—-[SHA256]—–+
You can find the private/public key pair at the location you defined at its creation. You can identify the public key by its suffix ‘.pub’.