First, generate a key without password:
root@example:~# ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -q -P ""
You will see id_rsa and id_rsa.pub
root@example:~# ls -la .ssh total 20 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 18 15:19 . drwx------ 7 root root 4096 Apr 14 2018 .. -rw------- 1 root root 1679 Nov 18 15:19 id_rsa -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401 Nov 18 15:19 id_rsa.pub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 444 Sep 22 2017 known_hosts
Checking the public key contents
root@example:~# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ssh-rsa AAPIUIOFDUYNUFYDuiyDuYDIUFYuiHDOFihoudHFJDMFSQLDFhpuhgdFhgpsuDHFSDSDCSDCSZMCKJHISDOIVSDFVSDVCSCMJQOMLCSDVCSDCDC6sdfvlkqjhkMKJRE654LJHLJHLHLKGg65F6D4f646465465htgj4u6ktk4r64y64f4vbqd/fvqsd54f3aGRSGSFLJHJKHGGIH65645gfhgfmkjoijUHUKGkHGKB65DhkJDF786DFlhjDLjhHFQ547DQfDQ5jjlihEDKhgFYGtftjGYGPKUHfmKDNFLKGSFMljQDMOIuhMDLQHmLHoùŶHm%HDMOUGMQL?Df56595654MEKILDHfkSbdlHDLjf,DF5464645FMkhKQBHKfGHKUhMFhmlnhMOhF653 root@example.com
Everything seems good. id_rsa.pub needs to be added into de ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the remote server. Instead of doing it manually, let’s use the utility ssh-copy-id.
root@example:~# ssh-copy-id username@178.47.124.147 /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys username@178.47.124.147's password: Number of key(s) added: 1 Now try logging into the machine, with: "ssh 'username@178.47.124.147'" and check to make sure that only the key(s) you wanted were added.
Ok, now let’s test the ssh connection.
root@example:~# ssh username@178.47.124.147 Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 (2018-05-07) x86_64 The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Sun Nov 18 15:15:12 2018 from 81.247.143.9 username@178.47.124.147:~$ exit logout Connection to 178.47.124.147 closed. root@example:~#
Done.
