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--- ssh_key_help [2016/12/12 10:24] – [Windows] onicolas
+++ ssh_key_help [2025/05/14 14:03] (current) – cmorin
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 This little guide is there to help you with the creation of your SSH key. This key will then be used for SSH connections to your personal account on the testbed.
-## Unix
+## Linux/Unix/MacOS
 The SSH key generation is fairly straightforward on Unix systems:
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 ## Windows
-The SSH key generation can be a little bit more difficult on MS Windows, especially if you're not used to the quite crude Putty tool suite. Indeed, you need to use the Puttygen tool to generate a SSH key pair.
+On modern Windows versions (10 and above), an openSSH implementations should be directly available, allowing for the same key creation process as in Linux/MacOS:
+<code>
+you@yourpc:~$ ssh-keygen -t rsa [-f <output_keyfile>]
+</code>
+If it is not available, the SSH key generation can be a little bit more difficult, especially if you're not used to the quite crude Putty tool suite. Indeed, you need to use the Puttygen tool to generate a SSH key pair.
 You can get Putty (the SSH client) and Puttygen (the key generation tool) from the author's [website](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html).
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 * The public key (default: `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`).
-Remember: your SSH private key is strictly confidential and personnal. Thus, it should be handled with care when you proceed with its copying on your computers. Moreover, this is what identifies you as a CorteXlab user and you do not want those to fall into the wrong hands.
+Remember: your SSH private key is strictly confidential and personal. Thus, it should be handled with care when you proceed with its copying on your computers. Moreover, this is what identifies you as a CorteXlab user and you do not want those to fall into the wrong hands.
-## Having multiple SSH keys
-We **do not support** users having multiple SSH keys yet. But this is definitely a feature that should be implemented in the near future.