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This post will show you how to generate SSH private and public keys step by step, as well as how to add public keys to your GitHub and Bitbucket accounts. But first, why do we require this SSH public key? If you want to do any work on a secure GIT repository, such as cloning or pushing your latest changes, you will need to provide your credentials to help GIT authenticate you and approve those operations, whether you are working in a team or as an individual. However, each time you operate, you are prompted to enter your username and password. It appears simple at first, but it quickly becomes a source of frustration. To overcome the above problem, we can use the SSH protocol. SSH connections allow us to authenticate using public and private keys that we generate only once. after that, we don't need to authenticate because SSH will do so on our behalf. But how does it work? SSH authenticates you using an identity, and this identity is made up of a combination of private an