Note: GitHub is improving security by dropping older, insecure key types.
DSA keys (ssh-dss) are no longer supported. Existing keys will continue to function through March 15, 2022. You cannot add new DSA keys to your user account on your enterprise.
RSA keys (ssh-rsa) with a valid_after before November 2, 2021 may continue to use any signature algorithm. RSA keys generated after that date must use a SHA-2 signature algorithm. Some older clients may need to be upgraded in order to use SHA-2 signatures.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Enter
ls -al ~/.sshto see if existing SSH keys are present.$ ls -al ~/.ssh # Lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist -
Check the directory listing to see if you already have a public SSH key. By default, the filename of a supported public key for GitHub AE is id_rsa.pub.
Tip: If you receive an error that ~/.ssh doesn't exist, you do not have an existing SSH key pair in the default location. You can create a new SSH key pair in the next step.
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Either generate a new SSH key or upload an existing key.
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If you don't have a supported public and private key pair, or don't wish to use any that are available, generate a new SSH key.
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If you see an existing public and private key pair listed (for example, id_rsa.pub and id_rsa) that you would like to use to connect to GitHub AE, you can add the key to the ssh-agent.
For more information about generation of a new SSH key or addition of an existing key to the ssh-agent, see "Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent."
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