How to configure the public key in vscode?

2 years ago
Liam
2 minutes

The method to configure the public key is as follows:

  1. To begin with, generate a public and private key pair on the computer. Run the following command in the terminal to generate a new SSH key pair:
  2. Generate a new RSA key with a bit size of 4096 and provide your email address as a label.
  3. This will generate a new RSA key pair, where the -t parameter specifies the use of the RSA algorithm, the -b parameter specifies a key length of 4096 bits, and the -C parameter is used to add a comment, which can be your email address.
  4. Next, add the public key to your GitHub, GitLab, or other code hosting platform account. Open the public key file using the following command.
  5. Display the contents of the id_rsa.pub file located in the .ssh directory.
  6. Copy the content of the output public key.
  7. Sign in to your code hosting platform account and navigate to the SSH key option in your account settings. Paste the copied public key content into the designated field and save the changes.
  8. Finally, configure SSH settings in VS Code. Open VS Code, press Ctrl + ,, open settings, then search for git.path. In the settings, find the Git: Path option and set it to your Git installation path. For example, the default path on Windows is C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe.
  9. Once the settings are saved, VS Code will be able to use SSH keys for authentication to securely connect with code hosting platforms.
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