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About This Document>>
Installing SSH Tectia Client >>
Getting Started >>
Connecting to a Remote Host
Defining Quick Connect Options
Generating Keys
Key Generation Wizard
Key Generation - Start
Key Generation - Key Properties
Key Generation - Generation
Key Generation - Enter Passphrase
Key Generation - Finish
Enrolling Certificates >>
Uploading Your Public Key >>
Using Public-Key Authentication with SSH Accession Lite >>
Examples of Use
Configuring SSH Tectia Client >>
Connecting to a Remote Host Computer>>
Transferring Files>>
Tunneling Applications>>
GUI Reference>>
Troubleshooting >>
Command-Line Tools >>

Generating Keys

If you are going to connect to a remote host computer using public-key authentication, you will have to generate a key pair before connecting.

Public-key authentication is based on the use of digital signatures. Each user creates a pair of key files. One of these key files is the user's public key, and the other is the user's private key. The server knows the user's public key, and only the user has the private key.

When the user tries to authenticate, the server checks for matching public keys and sends a challenge to the user end. The users are authenticated by signing the challenge using their private keys.

Remember that your private key file is used to authenticate you. Never expose your private keys. If anyone else can access your private key file, they can attempt to log in to the remote host computer as you, and claim to be you. Therefore it is extremely important that you keep your private key file in a secure place and make sure that no one else has access to it.

Do not use public-key authentication on a computer that is shared with other users. Generate keys only on your personal computer that no one else can access!

Also note that if you are using the Windows roaming profiles functionality, your personal settings will be replicated with the roaming profile server. If you store your private keys in the default location (under the profile folder of your Windows user account) your private keys may be susceptible to a malicious user listening to the network traffic. Therefore the User Settings folder should not be a directory that is used in profile roaming.

In order to use public-key authentication, you must first generate your own key pair. You can generate your own key files with the help of a built-in Key Generation wizard.

You can also import existing keys on the Keys page of the Settings dialog. See Section Managing Keys.

Key Generation Wizard

Key Generation - Start

Key Generation - Key Properties

Key Generation - Generation

Key Generation - Enter Passphrase

Key Generation - Finish

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You generate an SSH key through macOS by using the Terminal application. Once you upload a valid public SSH key, the Triton Compute Service uses SmartLogin to copy the public key to any new SmartMachine you provision.

Joyent recommends RSA keys because the node-manta CLI programs work with RSA keys both locally and with the ssh agent. DSA keys will work only if the private key is on the same system as the CLI, and not password-protected.

This is what you would need to enter into the control panel to use the SSH key. Creating an SSH key on Linux. The tools to create and use SSH are standard, and should be present on most Linux distributions. With the following commands, you can generate ssh key. Run: ssh-keygen -t rsa. For a more secure 4096-bit key, run: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096.

About Terminal

Terminal is the terminal emulator which provides a text-based command line interface to the Unix shell of macOS.

To open the macOS Terminal, follow these steps:

  1. In Finder, choose Utilities from the Applications folder.
  2. Find Terminal in the Utilities listw.
  3. Open Terminal.

The Terminal window opens with the commandline prompt displaying the name of your machine and your username.

Generating an SSH key

An SSH key consists of a pair of files. One is the private key, which should never be shared with anyone. The other is the public key. The other file is a public key which allows you to log into the containers and VMs you provision. When you generate the keys, you will use ssh-keygen to store the keys in a safe location so you can bypass the login prompt when connecting to your instances.

To generate SSH keys in macOS, follow these steps:

  1. Enter the following command in the Terminal window.

    This starts the key generation process. When you execute this command, the ssh-keygen utility prompts you to indicate where to store the key.

  2. Press the ENTER key to accept the default location. The ssh-keygen utility prompts you for a passphrase.

  3. Type in a passphrase. You can also hit the ENTER key to accept the default (no passphrase). However, this is not recommended.

You will need to enter the passphrase a second time to continue.

After you confirm the passphrase, the system generates the key pair.

Your private key is saved to the id_rsa file in the .ssh directory and is used to verify the public key you use belongs to the same Triton Compute Service account.

Never share your private key with anyone!

Your public key is saved to the id_rsa.pub;file and is the key you upload to your Triton Compute Service account. Injustice legendary edition key generator torrent. You can save this key to the clipboard by running this:

Importing your SSH key

Now you must import the copied SSH key to the portal.

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  1. After you copy the SSH key to the clipboard, return to your account page.
  2. Choose to Import Public Key and paste your SSH key into the Public Key field.
  3. In the Key Name field, provide a name for the key. Note: although providing a key name is optional, it is a best practice for ease of managing multiple SSH keys.
  4. Add the key. It will now appear in your table of keys under SSH.

Troubleshooting

You may see a password prompt like this:

This is because:

  • You did not enter the correct passphrase.
  • The private key on your Macintosh (id_rsa) does not match the public key stored with your Triton Compute Service account.
  • The public key was not entered correctly in your Triton account.

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What are my next steps?

Right in the portal, you can easily create Docker containers, infrastructure containers, and hardware virtual machines.

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In order to use the Terminal to create instances, set up triton and CloudAPI as well as the triton-docker commandline tool.

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