If you do not have ssh-copy-id available, but you have password-based SSH access to an account on your server, you can upload your keys using a conventional SSH method. Now try logging into the machine, with: 'ssh ' 203.0.113.1''Īnd check to make sure that only the key(s) you wanted were added.Īt this point, your id_rsa.pub key has been uploaded to the remote account. This is the account to which your public SSH key will be copied. To use the utility, you specify the remote host that you would like to connect to, and the user account that you have password-based SSH access to.

For this method to work, you must already have password-based SSH access to your server. The ssh-copy-id tool is included by default in many operating systems, so you may have it available on your local system. If you do not have ssh-copy-id available to you on your client machine, you may use one of the two alternate methods provided in this section (copying via password-based SSH, or manually copying the key). Due to its simplicity, this method is highly recommended if available. The quickest way to copy your public key to the Ubuntu host is to use a utility called ssh-copy-id. Step 2 - Copying the Public Key to Your Ubuntu Server The next step is to place the public key on your server so that you can use SSH-key-based authentication to log in. You now have a public and private key that you can use to authenticate. SHA256:/hk7MJ5n5aiqdfTVUZr+2Qt+qCiS7BIm5Iv0dxrc3ks key's randomart image is: Your public key has been saved in / your_home/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

OutputYour identification has been saved in / your_home/.ssh/id_rsa

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