Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

multi-account-ssh.md

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

create different public key

create different ssh key according the article Mac Set-Up Git

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

Please refer to github ssh issues for common problems.

for example, 2 keys created at:

~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_rsa_work

then, add these two keys as following

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work

you can delete all cached keys before

$ ssh-add -D

finally, you can check your saved keys

$ ssh-add -l

Modify the ssh config

$ cd ~/.ssh/
$ touch config
$ subl -a config

Then added

# personal account [email protected]:username/reponame.git
Host github.com
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_activehacker

# work account git@work:username/reponame.git
Host work
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work

Clone you repo and modify your Git config

clone repo with personal account git clone [email protected]:username/reponame.git

clone repo with work account git clone git@work:username/reponame.git