Creating a Key Pair

This is an example of how to create an SSH key pair. The example assumes that the user account used for collection is named 'risc'.

To create a key pair:

1.

Log in to the account.

su - risc

2.

Create a keypair. This example uses the default configuration. See the SSH-keygen manual for configuration options.

ssh-keygen

3.

Add the public key to the list of keys, so you can sign in to the local system.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

4.

Ensure the file permissions on the authorized_keys file are correct. SSH is particular about file permissions, and will refuse to work if they are incorrect.

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

5.

Retrieve the contents of the private key. This can be copied into the RN150 appliance when creating an SSH credential entry.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa