Generating SSH Keys

Last Updated : Dec 05, 2021 |

Procedure

Generate SSH keypair for use with Google Compute Engine using the following command:
```
# ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine
```
In the Google Developers Console, click Computer > Compute Engine > Metadata > SSH Keys > Edit.
Enter the output generated from ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine.pub file, and click Save.
To enable SSH agent to use this identity file for each new local console session, run the following command on the console:
```
# ssh-add ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine
```
To automate the command, add the below line to your ~/.ssh/config file.
```
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine
```
You can now connect via standard SSH to the new VM instances created in your Google Compute Engine project.
```
# ssh -i ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine  <username>@<instance_external_ip>
```

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