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I have been directed here from Stack Overflow, so please be aware that I am coming from a web dev background with limited knowledge of DevOps.

I am learning Gulp and node.js and want to use it to transfer file from my local machine to a remote shared server. I've installed rsync and have set up my Gulp command ready to go.

However I am unsure as to how to set up SSH for the remote server.

I've generated a public and private key on CPanel and have downloaded the id_rsa file to my PC (MacOS). But I am not sure what to do next.

Would anyone know what I should be doing?

I thought I should add this id_rsa file to the system's .ssh directory but there is already an id_rsa file there (that I set up for Github awhile back). How can I use both files?

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You have two systems:

  • a server
  • a client

If you want to access the server from your client, you must generate a private/public key set on the client. The private key is secret. It is in is_rsa and should never leave the (client-)computer. Your public key is in id_rsa.pub and that is the key that must be transferred to the server.

On the server, put the contents of id_rsa.pub that you uploaded from the client in .ssh/authorized_keys.

Make sure all files have the right permissions (600) and .ssh has permission of 700.

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  • Thank you very much for writing this answer clearly and concisely. That is appreciated. Commented Dec 26, 2018 at 13:03

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