Creating RSA Keys using ssh-keygen. SSH key pairs can be generated using the following command lines:

1. mkdir keys
2. ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 3072 -m PEM -f keys/rsa3072engr
3. ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 3072 -m PEM -f keys/rsa3072prod

Figure 5-13 Git Bash Key Generation - Engineering

Figure 5-14 Git Bash Key Generation - Production

Generated keys are found in the keys directory created via the mkdir keys command.

Figure 5-15 Generated Keys

For a Microsoft® Windows® PC, Git installation with SSH can be necessary to generate keys as instructed in this section.

To install Git:

1. Download and initiate the Git installer.
2. When prompted, accept the default components by clicking the Next button.
3. Choose the default text editor. If you have Notepad++™ installed, select Notepad++ and click the Next button.
4. Select Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt and click the Next button.
5. Select Use OpenSSL library and click the Next button.
6. Select Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings and click the Next button.
7. Select Use MinTTY (The default terminal of mYSYS2) and click the Next button.
8. Accept the default extra option configuration by clicking the Install button.
9. When the installation completes, restart Windows, if needed.

To launch GitBash:

1. Invoke the command line window: cmd.exe.
2. Run bash.exe from the Git installation folder: (that is, C:\Program Files\Git\bin)