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Using SSH to Connect Local Git to Remote Repositories
- This blog post explains how to use SSH to connect local git to remote repositories.
- SSH is a protocol that allows secure communication between a local machine and a remote host, while Git is a distributed version control system.
- Different methods to connect to a remote repository are HTTPS and SSH, but SSH offers a greater level of security.
- Using a password-based authentication, HTTPS may be vulnerable if someone intercepts the network, compares to SSH, which uses a private-public key pair.
- SSH is more convenient than HTTPS which eliminates the need to enter passwords by using an SSH-Agent which stores a passphrase securely in memory and automate the authentication process.
- To use SSH, the first step is to generate SSH keys. The most commonly used algorithm is Ed25519.
- After generating a private-public key pair, you can check whether you have an SSH key or generate a new key if required.
- Next, add the public key to the remote repository by copying the key from your local machine and pasting it into the remote repository.
- To connect your private SSH key to the website of the remote repository, add it to ssh-agent.
- Finally, testing the SSH connection will let you concludes if everything goes smoothly. You're now ready to use SSH to connect local git to remote repositories and make changes in a secure way.
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