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How to Setup Multiple Ssh Keys for Multiple Github/Bitbucket accounts
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How to Setup Multiple Ssh Keys for Multiple Github/Bitbucket accounts

create the SSH keys.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Add the SSH Keys to the SSH-Agent

ssh-add id_rsa_mjrulesamrat

Configuration

Create config file and add multiple hosts to accomodate different accounts of github, bitbucket or gitlab.

vim ~/.ssh/config

Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Host mjrulesamrat.github.com
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_mjrulesamrat

Other examples of different accounts:

  • mjrulesamrat.gitlab.com

  • mjrulesamrat.bitbucket.org

Add the Keys to your Repositories Accounts

Add id_rsa_mjrulesamrat.pub to github account ssh keys

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_mjrulesamrat.pub

Clone repo and start working..

git clone [email protected]:mjrulesamrat/docker-commands.git
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The instructions on the bitbucket article didnt help me either.

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