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PuTTY

Description

PuTTY is an SSH client.

Usage

As part of medInria ** PuTTY ** brings the generation of SSH keys.
** IMPORTANT ** SSH keys are essential for 'private parties' of medInria and greatly facilitate transactions with github.

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Installation

Process

Follow the default PuTTY installation.

Post installation

In a console in the current user's directory, run the mkdir .ssh command


Run PuTTYgen.



Generate a public / private key pair by clicking Generate, then swipe in the Key box.


Enter a passphrase and copy / paste the OpenSSH public key into your github account if you have one.


Save the keys in the .ssh folder



Warning

It is important to stay consistent in the names of the keys.

Next installation

Next installation is Git for Windows.
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