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If you will receive an error saying <code>No such file or directory</code> then, it means you don’t have an [[SSH]] key on your machine. So, move to the next step. Generate the [[SSH]] key pair on the Ubuntu client machine. To generate a new 4096 bits key pair with a user email address as a comment, execute the following command:
If you will receive an error saying <code>No such file or directory</code> then, it means you don’t have an [[SSH]] key on your machine. So, move to the next step. Generate the [[SSH]] key pair on the Ubuntu client machine. To generate a new 4096 bits key pair with a user email address as a comment, execute the following command:


<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com"
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "user@email.com"
</syntaxhighlight>


Or
Or


<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
ssh-keygen
ssh-keygen
</syntaxhighlight>


If you run the above command <code>ssh-keygen</code>, it generates a default 3072-bit RSA key pair. To save the SSH key on the default location in the <code>.ssh/</code>  sub-directory, hit <code>Enter</code>.
If you run the above command <code>ssh-keygen</code>, it generates a default 3072-bit RSA key pair. To save the SSH key on the default location in the <code>.ssh/</code>  sub-directory, hit <code>Enter</code>.