glennposadas/SSH key setup.md

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Quick guide for SSH setup on macOS

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Setup ssh key on your pc (skip this step if you already have it)
- Run this command with your email address instead of [email protected] .
```
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"
```
- Start the ssh-agent in the background.
```
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
```
- Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent and store your passphrase in the keychain.
```
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa
```
Copy ssh key to clipboard
- Run the command below to copy the ssh key to your clipboad
```
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 
```
Test github setup
- Run the command below to terminal
```
ssh -T [email protected]
```

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