Adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent

When generating an SSH key, you'll need to add your newly created (or existing) SSH key to the ssh-agent.

Before adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent, you should have:

• Check for existing SSH keys
• Generate a new SSH key

Tip: If you used an existing SSH key rather than generating a new SSH key, you'll need to replace id_rsa in the above command with the name of your existing private key file.

1. Ensure ssh-agent is enabled:
   

   # start the ssh-agent in the background
   eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
   Agent pid 59566
   

2. Add your SSH key to the ssh-agent:
   

   ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa