Scribd
Upload
88 views

Setup SSH On Eclipse and Git: Generate RSA Kay

To set up SSH on Eclipse and Git, generate an RSA key pair with a passphrase in Eclipse preferences. Copy the public key to your GitHub account settings. This allows you to securely clone remote repositories from GitHub to Eclipse using SSH.

Uploaded by

Msergiost Ijo
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
88 views

Setup SSH On Eclipse and Git: Generate RSA Kay

To set up SSH on Eclipse and Git, generate an RSA key pair with a passphrase in Eclipse preferences. Copy the public key to your GitHub account settings. This allows you to securely clone remote repositories from GitHub to Eclipse using SSH.

Uploaded by

Msergiost Ijo
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Setup SSH on Eclipse and Git

1. In Eclipse, go to Windows > Preferences > General > Network Connection > SSH2 > Key Management
2. Select Generate RSA Kay... (You can also choose DSA Key. It is up for your own choice)

3. Insert passphrase for connection verification or leave it blank. For this example, I use 12345678
4. Select Save Private Key... (You can name anything you want.)
5. You can name it file as anything. I use "testing". Press Save and two files (testing and testing.pub) will be generated.
6. Copy the public key into your clickboard as show in the following image.

7. Now press Apply. It will be added to your Eclipse SSH2 private keys list.
8. You will need to save the public key to your GitHub account. Login to your GitHub account through browser. Select Settings > SSH Keys > Add
SSH key
8.

9. Paste the copied public key from clickboard into the key feild. Name the key title as you like. I named it CIShell SSH Key Testing
10. Press Add key. and your are done with SSH key setup. Now you can clone your remote repository to local by using Eclipse.

You might also like