You generate an SSH key through Mac OS X by using the Terminal application. Once you upload a valid public SSH key,Gerrit can authenticate you based on this key.
An SSH key consists of a pair of files. One is the private key, which you should never give to anyone. No one will everask you for it and if so, simply ignore them - they are trying to steal it.The other is the public key. When you generate your keys, you will use
ssh-keygen to store the keys in a safe locationso you can authenticate with Gerrit.
SiteGround uses key pairs for SSH authentication purposes, as opposed to plain username and password. More information on SSH keys is available here. You can generate an SSH key pair in Mac OS following these steps: Open up the Terminal by going to Applications - Utilities - Terminal.
To generate SSH keys in Mac OS X, follow these steps:
Warning
You will need to enter the passphrase a second time to continue.
After you confirm the passphrase, the system generates the key pair and you will see output like this:
Generate Ssh Key On Mac
Your private key is saved to the
id_rsa file in the .ssh subdirectory of your home directory and is used to verifythe public key you use belongs to your Gerrit account.
Warning
Never share your private key with anyone! Ever! We mean it!
Your public key is saved to a file called
id_rsa.pub in the .ssh subdirectory of your home directory. You can copyit to your clipboard using the following command:
![]() Generate Ssh Key Osx
Now you can head over to Gerrit, go to settings and paste your public key as described here.
Gerrit is using the special port
29418 instead of the default SSH port 22 which has to be configured accordingly. This can be done in your local ~/.ssh/config file which would contain the following sections then:
Mac Os Generate Public Key
Testing your connection:
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