Here are some tips my friend.
Here is a better command to run to create the ssh key.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “brandon@example-email.com” -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Then you copy the public key to the server with this one command. It will create the authorized_keys file automatically.
$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub username@server_ip_address
Chain these commands together like this.
$ eval $(ssh-agent -s); ssh-add /home/$USER/.ssh/id_rsa
Make sure you have sudo access, then lock the root account. It will add more security to your server.
$ sudo passwd -l root
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Here are some tips my friend.
Here is a better command to run to create the ssh key.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “brandon@example-email.com” -f ~/.ssh/id_rsaThen you copy the public key to the server with this one command. It will create the authorized_keys file automatically.
$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub username@server_ip_addressChain these commands together like this.
$ eval $(ssh-agent -s); ssh-add /home/$USER/.ssh/id_rsaMake sure you have sudo access, then lock the root account. It will add more security to your server.
$ sudo passwd -l root