Generate An SSH Key :-
- ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “username@example”
- Here, the username indicates the cPanel account username, and example indicates the domain name.
- After executing this command, the system will ask you to enter a passphrase. Do not enter a passphrase; simply press Enter to continue.
Confirm that the SSH Key Generated is Correct :-
- To place the SSH key in the correct location, execute the command below
- cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
- The output should match the below example:
- ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza…
Register Your SSH Key with the Private Repository Host :-
- Follow the steps below to register an SSH key with GitHub :-
- Log in to your GitHub account.
- Go to your private repository.
- Click on Settings located in the top right corner of the page, leading to a new page.
- Navigate to Deploy keys in the left side menu, bringing up another page.
- Click on Add deploy key in the top right corner, leading to a new page.
- Enter your SSH key data:
- In the Title text box, type a display name for the key.
- In the Key text box, paste the entire SSH key.
- To push code from your cPanel account to your GitHub account, tick the Allow write access checkbox.
Click Add key :-
- Test the SSH key by running the command below:
- ssh -T git@example.com
Clone the Repository :-
- To clone the repository, execute the command below on the cPanel account, where git@example.com /private-repository.git represents the private repository’s clone URL:
git clone git@example.com:MyStuff/private-repository.git
- This setup enables access to private repositories using Git.
