create ssh key.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -f ./id_rsa -N "" Generating public/private rsa key pair. Your identification has been saved in ./id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in ./id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: *snip* The key's randomart image is: *snip* $ ls -l total 8 -rw------- 1 test test 1679 Apr 8 07:58 id_rsa -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 397 Apr 8 07:58 id_rsa.pub $