Create an SSH key. Follow these steps if you don't already have an SSH key for an account. If you do have an SSH key and you want to generate another key, you'll have to use the terminal because you can't use Sourcetree to create a second key. Creating an SSH key looks something like this: From the Sourcetree menu, select Preferences.
Install Putty and related utilities
Set system environment variable in Windows(Control PanelSystem and SecuritySystem --> and clicking on 'Advanced system settings' in the left pane. Then click on 'Environment Variables') GIT_SSH=%path_to_plink.exe% (Note plink.exe goes into wherever you installed Putty)
Generate a ssh key using puttygen.exe (ssh2-rsa, 4096, comment=GitLab, and set a passphrase)
Add key to pageant.exe and the public key to your GitLab profile
Ensure you start a new command shell so that git recognizes the GIT_SSH value
Try these two commands to check connection first. This should give you a popup window that authenticates connection
set Git putty [email protected]:%user%/%repo.git%
Usage:
The first thing you need to do is generate your SSH keypair. A keypair, as the name implies, consists of 2 parts: the public key and the private key.
Public KeyYour public key is placed on remote servers so that they can check back with you to see that you are who you say you are.
Private KeyYour private key should NEVER leave your computer! This is the main file that authenticates you. It contains the special unique data that identifies you.
Generating a keypair is very easy.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
Launchpad & SSH
When you use Launchpad and Bazaar, it likes to use the SSH keys to authenticate you.
You should now be able to work with Launchpad using ssh.
Unfortunately before Windows 10 does not come with the extensive array of tools that Linux and other open source operating systems do. However, there are some open source tools that allow us to accomplish the same things.
Versions of Windows older than Windows 10 have no native support for SSH and SSH keys. Launchpad uses SSH keys to authenticate your computer to your Launchpad account. This guide shows you how to get that done.
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham. You will need to download the PuTTY Windows installer (we don't need PuTTYtel) and install on your computer.
PuTTY contains an SSH client, as well as utilities to generate SSH keys and allow an SSH connection between your computer and a server to authenticate you based on your SSH key.
SSH KeysThe first thing you need to do is generate your SSH keypair. A keypair, as the name implies, consists of 2 parts: the public key and the private key.
Public KeyYour public key is placed on remote servers so that they can check back with you to see that you are who you say you are.
Private KeyYour private key should NEVER leave your computer! This is the main file that authenticates you. It contains the special unique data that identifies you.
Generating a keypair with PuTTY is very easy.
Launchpad & SSH
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When you use Launchpad and Bazaar, it likes to use the SSH keys to authenticate you. Once again, PuTTY comes to our rescue.
Unfortunately uploading your public key to Launchpad on it's own is not enough. You also need to make sure Launchpad can speak to your private key.
In order to get Pageant to start and load your key automatically.Create a shortcut to Pageant in your Windows Startup menuRight click on that shortcut and bring up the PropertiesChange the target to add the path of your ppk file as an argument:
C:Program Files (x86)PuTTYpageant.exe' 'C:UsersusernameDocumentsprivatekey.ppk