Running SSH on Windows

Setting up SSH on Windows for GitHub

1. Create a ".ssh" folder in your home directory.
2. Use Puttygen.exe to create ssh-rsa keys.
3. Save the public key as %HOME%/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
4. Save the private key as %HOME%/.ssh/id_rsa
5. Edit the id_rsa.pub file by removing the comment and replacing with "ssh-rsa". Make sure it is one single line. It should look like:
• ssh-rsa AAABSLDFEISELslghkjsesoi ...... yourname@email.com
6. Login to GitHub and add the contents of id_rsa.pub as one of the security keys.
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See this site on instructions on how to use Puttygen.exe to create keys.