This is a simple cheat sheet: How access a remote machine with a SSH key?
Step 1: Copy your private SSH key to your local machine.
export RSA_FILE=ssh-private-key
mv $RSA_FILE ~/.ssh
chmod 400 ~/.ssh/$RSA_FILE
Step 2 (Optional): Add public key.
export PUBLIC_KEY=ssh-XXXX YYYYYY
cd ~/.ssh/
eval $(ssh-agent -s)
ssh-add ${PUBLIC_KEY}
Step 3 (Optional): Edit known_hosts.
nano ~/.ssh/known_hosts
Step 4 (Optional): Update your `~/.ssh/config` file
# My Machine
Host 149.XX.XXX.XX
HostName 149.XX.XXX.XX
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my_private_key
User root
Step 5: Access the remote machine from your local computer.
export FLOATING_IP=YOUR_REMOTE_IP
export REMOTE_USER=ubuntu
ssh -i ~/.ssh/${RSA_FILE} ${REMOTE_USER}@${FLOATING_IP}
Step 6: Use “secure copy” to copy your files from the local to the remote machine.
export FLOATING_IP=YOUR_REMOTE_IP
export REMOTE_USER=ubuntu
export DESTINATION_PATH=/home/
scp -i ~/.ssh/$RSA_FILE -rp .env ${REMOTE_USER}@${FLOATING_IP}:${DESTINATION_PATH}
These are two blog posts in this context which may be helpful in this context:
- Create a ssh key for your GitLab project on IBM Cloud
- How to create a single virtual server instance (VSI) in a virtual private cloud (VPC) infrastructure on IBM Cloud
I hope this was useful for you and let’s see what’s next?
Greetings,
Thomas
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