Let's first describe the problem that I've faced:
I've two PC, one of them is the Windows machine and the other one is the Linux machine.
I want to generate two SSH public key on both of these machines. One is for my GitHub account and the other one is for my GitLab account.
I have used the following commands to generate the public SSH key which is perfectly work in my Linux machine but not in the Windows machine.
Commands:
Step 1: Generate SSH Key
ssh-keygen
Step 2: Write the directory and file name where I want to save the SSH key.
[ For my case, I've inserted the windows path in below ]
/c/Users/PC_USER_NAME/.ssh/id_rsa_hub
Step 3: Get the public key from the file
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_hub.pub
These steps perfectly work on my Linux machine but on Windows, I saw the authentication error. How can I configure the SSH public key's?
For the windows machine, you have to do one more configuration. Just follow the steps in below (if you're using the Git Bash):
/c/Users/PC_USER_NAME/.ssh/
, click right mouse button and choose "Git Bash Here"touch config
nano config
Let's assume you've created two files named id_rsa_hub
for Github and id_rsa_lab
for GitLab
# GITHUB
Host github.com
HostName github.com
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_hub
# GITLAB
Host gitlab.com
HostName gitlab.com
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_lab