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Creating a Key Pair

This is an example of how to create an SSH key pair. The example assumes that the user account used for collection is named 'risc'.

To create a key pair:

  1. Log in to the account.

    • su - risc

  2. Create a keypair. This example uses the default configuration. See the SSH-keygen manual for configuration options.

    • ssh-keygen

  3. Add the public key to the list of keys, so you can sign in to the local system.

    • cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

  4. Ensure the file permissions on the authorized_keys file are correct. SSH is particular about file permissions, and will refuse to work if they are incorrect.

    • chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

  5. Retrieve the contents of the private key. This can be copied into the RN150 appliance when creating an SSH credential entry.

    • cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa

su - risc

ssh-keygen

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa