Setting up SSH public/private keys

In client

$ cd ~/.ssh
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
$ ssh-add  #This will prevent entering rsa key password everytime
Copy the content of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

In server

$ cd ~/.ssh
$ vi authorized_keys

Paste the content of what you copied from client:~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Save the authorized_keys file.

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