You can run the ssh-keygen utility on your local machine to generate an SSH key-value pair.
The ssh-keygen utility generates a pair comprising of a public key and private key. The private key is stored in the file id_rsa while the public key is stored in the file id_rsa.pub.
Creating a SSH Key Value Pair
To create an SSH key value pair, follow the steps given below.
1. Launch Bash on your machine.
ssh-keygen-trsa-fcloud-key
2. Run the following command to generate the SSH key.
3. Follow the instructions in Bash to create a passphrase which is your private key.
4.Press the Enter key.
A public and private key are generated on running the above command.
The cloud-key file contains the private key and id_rsa.pub contains the public key.
You can copy the content of the public key file id_rsa.pub to generate an SSH key-value pair.
