Let’s open your GitHub/BitBucket account and open the account settings and click on SSH Keys:Įnter the copied SSH URL from your GitHub/Bitbucket repo.

Steps to connect/clone repo using SSH with GitHub/Bitbucket: You need an SSH client installed in your system (PuTTY, Windows 10 has a built-in SSH client) and the remote server should accept SSH requests. įundamentally, it’s a secure encrypted connection between two systems.

You can read the following article for in-depth knowledge.

You can further read here: SSH pre-requisites:īefore we get into the detailed steps, we must know few fundamental concepts about SSH and how it allows encrypted connection between HOST (Remote server/GIT Remote repo server) and CLIENT (your local system). This is very convenient if you are working with various GIT providers based on your different client requests. The best part is you can use the same SSH key for all the GIT providers. ( )ī) SSH is one-time set-up activity and does not get disrupted if you wish to change your password for any GIT provider. Please note GitHub is moving to token-based authentication from Aug 2021. HTTPS communication is authenticated using username and password and we all know the vulnerability of only password-based authentication.

There is a lot of article debating about which one to use, I follow a couple of simple rules:Ī) SSH is preferred if you are looking for better security. You must be aware that you can connect to remote repo (GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab, Assembla, etc.

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