Exercises

Creating an SSH key

For the creation of a new SSH key, please read this article and follow the instructions therein.

Installing an SSH key on SCIAMA

You can find detailed instructions on how to install the newly created SSH keys on SCIAMA in this article. Please follow them and confirm that you can now log in successfully using this key.

Using an SSH key agent

Try to set up an SSH key agent for your computer to enable you to use your passphrase-protected SSH key without retyping the passphrase everytime (some operating systems support this by default, so you may not need to do anything here)