Creating SSH Keys

I had to do this recently for accessing the new server for kinedo.co.uk

1. open command prompt (cmd)
2. enter ssh-keygenand press enter
3. press enter to all settings. now your key is saved in the location specified on your local machine

The whole cmd screen for me looks like this

C:\Users\mike>ssh-keygen
Generating public/private ed25519 key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (C:\Users\mike/.ssh/id_ed25519):
Created directory 'C:\\Users\\mike/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in C:\Users\mike/.ssh/id_ed25519
Your public key has been saved in C:\Users\mike/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:fYFTlz+BHdO7TnqNKpUST6n2O2DmTHBp/9UvWBHfTjQ mike@DESKTOP-UOMG8LF
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ED25519 256]--+
|            . ++o|
|           o ooE+|
|          o... ==|
|        ..=.o..o=|
|        S+.*.. ++|
|          O.= .o+|
|         B = ++oo|
|          + +.+oo|
|           .o+.. |
+----[SHA256]-----+

C:\Users\mike>

Within the folder there is now a 'PUB File' which you can share with others to authenticate your machine.