This page will guide you through how to setup SSH keys to interact with the Valor git repositories without asking for a password every time.
## Background
### SSH vs HTTPS
### SSH keys and why they are important
#### SSH key encryption types
### What is an SSH config?
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Setup
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- Create an environment variable to store your git username
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GIT_USERNAME=mray190...
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- Create an SSH key
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ssh-keygen -t ed25519...
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- Edit your
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~/.ssh/
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config. Replace GIT_USERNAME with your username
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Host git.valor6800.com...
HostName git.valor6800.com...
Port 6822
User GIT_USERNAME
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519...
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- Copy your SSH public key into your clipboard
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cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | clip
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- Paste your SSH public key into GitLab's SSH key settings: https://git.valor6800.com/-/profile/keys
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Putting it all together
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- Create a script called
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./setup_git.
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sh
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- Give your computer access to run the script:
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chmod +x ./setup_git.
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sh
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- Paste the contents into the script, and run with:
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./setup_git.sh GIT_
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USERNAME
Script contents:
```bash
#!/bin/bash...
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GIT_USERNAME=$1...
ssh-keygen -q -t ed25519 -N '' <<< $'\ny' >/dev/null 2>&1...
cat > ~/.ssh/config <<EOL...
Host git.valor6800.com...
HostName git.valor6800.com...
Port 6822
User ${GIT_USERNAME}...
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519...
EOL...
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | clip...