Windows 10 SSH keys

Rudenate3 picture Rudenate3 · Aug 4, 2015 · Viewed 257.8k times · Source

I am having a really hard time getting my SSH keys up and running after installing Windows 10. Normal method is create it and throw it in the user's account under .ssh. This folder does not appear to be available in Windows 10.

Anyone else run into this? I need to have 3 SSH keys for different repos and this is really holding me up.

Answer

Digital Fun Frenzy picture Digital Fun Frenzy · Aug 23, 2015
  1. Open the windows command line (type "cmd" on the search box and hit enter).
  2. It'll default to your home folder, so you don't need to cd to a different one.
  3. Type ssh-keygen
  4. Follow the instructions and you are good to go
  5. Your ssh keys should be stored at chosed directory, the default is: /c/Users/YourUserName/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

p.s.: If you installed git with bash integration (like me) open "Git Bash" instead of "cmd" on first step