Instructions for creating and adding ssh keys to iSchool Servers
Your EID is authorized to login to iSchool servers by the owning faculty member or the iSchool IT team. For servers you are authorized to login on, you may create and add an ssh key to your account using the following steps on your computer:
MacOS/Linux
Create Key
ssh-keygen -t ed25519
Make sure to create a secure passphrase when generating your key
Copy Key to Server
# assumes you accepted the default file name of "id_ed25519" ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_ed25519.pub eid@server.ischool.utexas.edu # replace with your EID and the particular server's name
Sign in with your EID and password to allow the public key to be copied to the server
Windows
Create Key
Follow steps here to generate an ed25519 key pair
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/generate-ssh-key-windows-10
Copy Key to Server
Login to iSchool server with your EID and password. Run the following command:
mkdir ~/.ssh
Copy the new public key file (id_ed25519.pub) from your computer to the new .ssh folder on the iSchool server
For assistance, reach out to the iSchool IT team here: help@ischool.utexas.edu
