Creating a keypair for use in Nectar
Overview
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Public-Private keypair for use with the Nectar Research Cloud.
Cloud Starter
This tutorial is part of the Nectar Cloud Starter curriculum. Only the bare essentials of keys are discussed here for Launching a Nectar VM from the Nectar Dashboard.
What you’ll learn
- How to create a Public-Private keypair for use with your Nectar Virtual Machine/s
- How to import your Public key into your Nectar account
What you’ll need
- Terminal software that has the
ssh-keygen
app installed - Access to the Nectar Research Cloud