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.

Setup

1. Create an environment variable to store your git username

GIT_USERNAME=mray190

1. Create an SSH key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519

1. Edit your ~/.ssh/config. Replace GIT_USERNAME with your username

Host git.valor6800.com
    HostName git.valor6800.com
    Port 6822
    User GIT_USERNAME
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

1. Copy your SSH public key into your clipboard

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | clip

1. Paste your SSH public key into GitLab's SSH key settings: https://git.valor6800.com/-/profile/keys

Putting it all together

1. Create a script called ./setup_git.sh
2. Give your computer access to run the script: chmod +x ./setup_git.sh
3. Paste the contents into the script, and run with: ./setup_git.sh GIT_USERNAME

Script contents:

#!/bin/bash
​
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