{"id":26918,"date":"2018-06-06T04:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=26918"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:34:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:34:57","slug":"how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/How-To-Set-Up-SSH-Keys-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\"How To Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"742\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/How-To-Set-Up-SSH-Keys-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/How-To-Set-Up-SSH-Keys-on-Ubuntu-16.04-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/How-To-Set-Up-SSH-Keys-on-Ubuntu-16.04-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll show you how to set up SSH keys on Ubuntu 16.04. SSH or Secure SHELL is the most popular and trusted UNIX-based cryptographic network protocol. It can be used for a secure data communication, remote server logins, remote command execution, and many other secure network services between two networked servers. Normally, password authentication is used to connect to a remote server via SSH but in this tutorial we will show you how to login to your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS using SSH keys. We will generate a key pair (private and public key), place the private key on your server and then use your locally stored private key to gain access to your server. This method provides a more secure way of connecting to your server, instead of just using a password.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During the course of this tutorial, we will also explain how to generate an SSH key pair on both Linux and a Windows operating system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66309c9cdb94f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66309c9cdb94f\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#1-Generating-SSH-keys-on-Ubuntu-1604\" title=\"1. Generating SSH keys on Ubuntu 16.04\">1. Generating SSH keys on Ubuntu 16.04<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Upload-the-Public-Key-to-the-Ubuntu-1604-server-with-ssh-copy-id\" title=\"Upload the Public Key to the Ubuntu 16.04 server with ssh-copy-id\">Upload the Public Key to the Ubuntu 16.04 server with ssh-copy-id<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#Upload-the-Public-Key-to-the-Ubuntu-server-manually\" title=\"Upload the Public Key to the Ubuntu server manually\">Upload the Public Key to the Ubuntu server manually<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#2-Generating-SSH-keys-on-Windows-based-system-with-PuTTY-and-PuTTYGen\" title=\"2. Generating SSH keys on Windows based system with PuTTY and PuTTYGen\">2. Generating SSH keys on Windows based system with PuTTY and PuTTYGen<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#3-Disable-Password-Authentication\" title=\"3. Disable Password Authentication\">3. Disable Password Authentication<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Generating-SSH-keys-on-Ubuntu-1604\"><\/span>1. Generating SSH keys on Ubuntu 16.04<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To generate the SSH key pair, simply run the following command from the terminal on your local Ubuntu 16.04 based computer:<\/p>\n<pre>ssh-keygen<\/pre>\n<p>You can just press Enter to leave the default values to all the questions. Optionally, you can also set a passphrase to add an extra layer of security, or just press Enter again if you don&#8217;t want to.<\/p>\n<pre>Generating public\/private rsa key pair.\r\nEnter file in which to save the key (\/root\/.ssh\/id_rsa):\r\nEnter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):\r\nEnter same passphrase again:\r\nYour identification has been saved in \/root\/.ssh\/id_rsa.\r\nYour public key has been saved in \/root\/.ssh\/id_rsa.pub.\r\nThe key fingerprint is:\r\nSHA256:2QB\/eJ39\/4N7Q3PRSghNJmglX6hh2pSqQ3uGHhfd7Og root@rosehosting\r\nThe key's randomart image is:\r\n+---[RSA 2048]----+\r\n|       . .+o++   |\r\n|       oB+o=.o   |\r\n|       O+=+.o.. .|\r\n|    . + +*o . .o.|\r\n|   . + .So.  . .o|\r\n|    * + . .   .oo|\r\n|   . * .      o +|\r\n|     .   E   . +.|\r\n|             .o +|\r\n+----[SHA256]-----+<\/pre>\n<p>This will create a 2048 bit private and public key (id_rsa and id_rsa.pub) in the \/root\/.ssh\/ directory on your local system.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upload-the-Public-Key-to-the-Ubuntu-1604-server-with-ssh-copy-id\"><\/span>Upload the Public Key to the Ubuntu 16.04 server with ssh-copy-id<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The next step requires that you upload the generated public key to your remote Ubuntu server. There is more than one method to do this.<\/p>\n<p>The most simple way is to use the <strong>ssh-copy-id<\/strong> utility. In order for this to work, you should be able to connect to your server via SSH using password authentication.<\/p>\n<p>You can then use the following command to upload the public key to your remote server:<\/p>\n<pre>ssh-copy-id root@remote_server<\/pre>\n<p>You will be asked to enter your user password (in our example that would be the root password) and press Enter. After the connection has been established, the contents of the id_rsa.pub (the public key) will be copied into the \/root\/ssh\/authorized_keys file on the remote server.<\/p>\n<p>The following output should be displayed:<\/p>\n<pre>Number of key(s) added: 1\r\n\r\nNow try logging into the machine, with: \"ssh 'root@remote-host'\"\r\nand check to make sure that only the key(s) you wanted were added.<\/pre>\n<p>From now on, you should now be able to authenticate to your Ubuntu server using your SSH keys.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upload-the-Public-Key-to-the-Ubuntu-server-manually\"><\/span>Upload the Public Key to the Ubuntu server manually<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If the <strong>ssh-copy-id<\/strong> tool is not available on your system, you can log in to your server and do this manually.<\/p>\n<p>First, connect yo your server via SSH with:<\/p>\n<pre>ssh root@remote_server<\/pre>\n<p>Once connected, you will need to create a new .ssh directory on the remote server with the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>mkdir \/root\/.ssh<\/pre>\n<p>Next, you need to copy the public key into the authorized_keys file on the remote server. You can create and then add the contents of the public key using the nano text editor:<\/p>\n<pre>nano \/root\/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/pre>\n<p>You will also need to open the SSH configuration file:<\/p>\n<pre>nano \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config<\/pre>\n<p>and make sure the following lines exist and are not commented:<\/p>\n<pre>RSAAuthentication yes\r\nPubkeyAuthentication yes\r\nAuthorizedKeysFile %h\/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/pre>\n<p>Save the changes and restart the SSH service:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl restart ssh<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. From now on, you will be using the SSH keys every time you try to connect to your remote server.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Generating-SSH-keys-on-Windows-based-system-with-PuTTY-and-PuTTYGen\"><\/span>2. Generating SSH keys on Windows based system with PuTTY and PuTTYGen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are using Windows operating system on your local machine, then you will need PuTTY for connecting to your server via SSH and PuTTYgen to generate your SSH keys. You can download them over here (https:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/latest.html).<\/p>\n<p>To generate the SSH keys, go ahead and start PuTTYGen on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom, you can choose the number of bits for your generated key. Type in 4096 and then click on Generate. Start moving your mouse around over the blank area on the PuTTYgen screen in order to generate a unique key based on your mouse movement input.<\/p>\n<p>When the green progress bar fills in, the public key will be generated. You can copy they key and save it inside a .txt file on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>To save the private key, you will need to click on the Save private key button. Additionally, you can also set a Key Passphrase for your private key.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can open PuTTY and to assign the location of your private key, click on SSH under the Connection menu and then click on Auth. Click on the browse button and enter the location of your saved private key file.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we need to upload the public key to your server. To do this, click on Session, enter your IP address and the SSH port number of your server, select SSH for Connection type and click on Open.<\/p>\n<p>You will be asked for your user name and password. You can log in as user root, using your root password.<\/p>\n<p>Once logged in to your server, first create the .ssh directory:<\/p>\n<pre>mkdir \/root\/.ssh<\/pre>\n<p>Then create the authorized_keys file inside the .ssh directory and add the contents of your public key inside this file:<\/p>\n<pre>nano \/root\/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/pre>\n<p>You can also open the SSH configuration file on your server with:<\/p>\n<pre>nano \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config<\/pre>\n<p>and make sure that the following lines exist and are not commented:<\/p>\n<pre>RSAAuthentication yes\r\nPubkeyAuthentication yes\r\nAuthorizedKeysFile %h\/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/pre>\n<p>If any changes have been made, dont forget to restart the sshd service with:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl restart ssh<\/pre>\n<p>With this, the SSH keys has been succesfully configurad.You can now disconnect from your server and exit PuTTY. The next time your try to connect to your server, PuTTY will use the public key that you have set up in order to establish the connection.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Disable-Password-Authentication\"><\/span>3. Disable Password Authentication<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Once you have successfuly configured the SSH keys using either of the above methods and you made sure that you can login to your server using SSH key based authentication, you can disable password based authentication to your server. This will add additional layer of security and will prevent all brute force attacks towards your server.<\/p>\n<p>To disable the password-based authentication, open the SSH configuration file with:<\/p>\n<pre>nano \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config<\/pre>\n<p>And uncomment the following line and set its value to &#8220;no&#8221;:<\/p>\n<pre>PasswordAuthentication no<\/pre>\n<p>Restart the sshd service with:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl restart ssh\r\n\r\nThat\u2019s it. You have successfully set up SSH keys on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Set-Up-SSH-Keys-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\"How To Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Of course, you don\u2019t have to set up the SSH key on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS, if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">Ubuntu Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to set up the SSH keys for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS<\/strong>. If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons below or simply leave a comment in the comments section. 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