12.3. Creating an SSH key

Procedure

1. Open a command terminal on your system.

2. Run the ssh-keygen command to create the SSH key as shown in the following example, where <user_login> is your user name:

   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "<user_login>"

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   注記

   The SSH key formats supported by Business Central keystore are ssh-rsa, ssh-dss, ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, and ecdsa-sha2-nistp521.

3. When prompted, press Enter and accept the default key file location as shown in the following example, where <user_login> is your user name:

   Enter a file in which to save the key (/home/<user_login>/.ssh/id_rsa): [Press enter]

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4. At the command prompt, enter and confirm the passphrase:

   Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Type a passphrase]
   Enter same passphrase again: [Type passphrase again]

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5. Start the ssh-agent:

   eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
   Agent pid <any-number-here>

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6. Add the new SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you have used a different key name, replace id_rsa in that code:

   ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

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