How to generate an SSH key

This is a guide on how to generate SSH keys on Windows, Mac & Linux Machines. 

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On Mac, Windows and Linux computers

1. Open a new terminal
2. Run the command

   1. mkdir ~/.ssh/evaluagent

3. You should see a new directory has been created
4. Run the command

   1. ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa 

5. Enter the location that you want to save your keys in (~ may not work. If it doesn't, use your users home directory e.g /Users/username)

   1. ~/.ssh/evaluagent/sftp

6. Leave the passphrase blank (hit ⏎)
7. Confirm the blank passphrase (hit ⏎)
8. Your public key will be saved and then the location you entered above i.e evaluagent/sftp
9. To retrieve your public key
   1. On Mac/Linux, run

      1. cat ~/.ssh/evaluagent/sftp.pub

   2. On Windows, run

      1. ~/.ssh/evaluagent/sftp.pub

10. Copy the key by selecting and copying the key
11. Never share the private key publicly (~/.ssh/evaluagent/sftp)