SSH Keys for iSchool Servers

Instructions for creating and adding ssh keys to iSchool Servers

Your EID is authorized to login to iSchool servers by the owning faculty member or the iSchool IT team. For servers you are authorized to login on, you may create and add an ssh key to your account using the following steps on your computer:

MacOS/Linux

Create Key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519

Make sure to create a secure passphrase when generating your key

Copy Key to Server

# assumes you accepted the default file name of "id_ed25519"
ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_ed25519.pub eid@server.ischool.utexas.edu  # replace with your EID and the particular server's name

Sign in with your EID and password to allow the public key to be copied to the server

Windows

Create Key

Follow steps here to generate an ed25519 key pair

https://phoenixnap.com/kb/generate-ssh-key-windows-10

Copy Key to Server

Login to iSchool server with your EID and password. Run the following command:

mkdir ~/.ssh

Copy the new public key file (id_ed25519.pub) from your computer to the new .ssh folder on the iSchool server

For assistance, reach out to the iSchool IT team here: help@ischool.utexas.edu