docs/_includes/content/ssh/ssh-find-keys.md

• Mac
• Windows
• Linux

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1. Open a command-line terminal.

   $ ls -al ~/.ssh
   

   This lists files in your .ssh directory.

2. Check to see if you already have a SSH keys you can use.

   Default file names for public keys are:

   • id_dsa.pub
   • id_ecdsa.pub
   • id_ed25519.pub
   • id_rsa.pub

   Here are example results showing a public and private key pair with the default names:

   drwx------   8 me  staff   272 Mar 27 14:04 .
   drwxr-xr-x+ 69 me  staff  2346 Apr  7 10:03 ..
   -rw-r--r--   1 me  staff   420 Mar 27 14:04 config
   -rw-------   1 me  staff  3326 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa
   -rw-r--r--   1 me  staff   752 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa.pub
   

   The file id_rsa contains the private key which resides on the local machine, and id_rsa.pub is the public key we can provide to a remote account.

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1. Open Git Bash.

   $ ls -al ~/.ssh
   

   This lists files in your .ssh directory.

2. Check to see if you already have SSH keys you can use.

   Default file names for public keys are:

   • id_dsa.pub
   • id_ecdsa.pub
   • id_ed25519.pub
   • id_rsa.pub

   Here are example results showing a public and private key pair with the default names:

   drwx------   8 me  staff   272 Mar 27 14:04 .
   drwxr-xr-x+ 69 me  staff  2346 Apr  7 10:03 ..
   -rw-r--r--   1 me  staff   420 Mar 27 14:04 config
   -rw-------   1 me  staff  3326 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa
   -rw-r--r--   1 me  staff   752 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa.pub
   

   The file id_rsa contains the private key which resides on the local machine, and id_rsa.pub is the public key we can provide to a remote account.

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1. Open a command-line terminal.

   $ ls -al ~/.ssh
   

   This lists files in your .ssh directory.

2. Check to see if you already have a SSH keys you can use.

   Default file names for public keys are:

   • id_dsa.pub
   • id_ecdsa.pub
   • id_ed25519.pub
   • id_rsa.pub

   Here are example results showing a public and private key pair with the default names:

   drwx------   8 me  staff   272 Mar 27 14:04 .
   drwxr-xr-x+ 69 me  staff  2346 Apr  7 10:03 ..
   -rw-r--r--   1 me  staff   420 Mar 27 14:04 config
   -rw-------   1 me  staff  3326 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa
   -rw-r--r--   1 me  staff   752 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa.pub
   

   The file id_rsa contains the private key which resides on the local machine, and id_rsa.pub is the public key we can provide to a remote account.

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