If you’re using Bitbucket for version control, setting up an SSH key is a secure way to interact with your repositories. Follow these steps to generate an SSH key:
Open a terminal on your local machine.
Step 2.1: Generate the SSH Key Run the following command to generate a new SSH key:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"
Other key types are as follows:
Step 2.2: Use Existing Keys If you have existing keys, you can also use them. For listing existing keys;
ls -al ~/.ssh
To view one of the available keys; cat [ssh-key-path]
cat /Users/fd/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
Click on the Personal BitBucket Settings menu.
Click on the SSH Keys menu under Security and click on the Add Key button on the page that opens.
In the window that opens, add the SSH Key. (You can get the SSH key with cat [ssh-key-path] command. — Step 2.2.)
To clone your project, click the Clone button on the bitbucket project repository page.
Select SSH from the window that opens. You have two options here. You can clone it by typing the code it gives you in your terminal. Or you can clone it directly with VS Code by pressing the “Clone in VS Code” button.
To verify that the key is set up correctly, run the following command:
ssh -T git@bitbucket.org
If everything is configured correctly, you should receive a successful connection message.
Now, you’ve successfully generated or used existing SSH keys for Bitbucket, providing a secure way to interact with your repositories.
Bitbucket supports four encryption algorithms for client keys: Ed25519, ECDSA, RSA, and DSA. The following table shows the supported key types and the minimum key size for each supported key type. Bitbucket Cloud only accepts public keys in OpenSSH's authorized_keys format.
Bitbucket supports four encryption algorithms for client keys: Ed25519, ECDSA, RSA, and DSA. The following table shows the supported key types and the minimum key size for each supported key type. Bitbucket Cloud only accepts public keys in OpenSSH's authorized_keys format.
To generate an SSH key on your Linux server, run the command ssh-keygen . The command can take flags if you would like to customize the type of key that is generated and the signing algorithms that are used to generate the key. This example generates a standard 2048-bit RSA key without a passphrase.
To specify which private key should be used for connections to a particular remote host, use a text editor to create a ~/.ssh/config that includes the Host and IdentityFile keywords. Once you save the file, SSH will use the specified private key for future connections to that host.
Ease of setup: Cloning with HTTPS is straightforward and doesn't require setting up SSH keys. Universally accessible: HTTPS cloning works through firewalls and proxy servers.
You can test your key from the command shell by typing the command ssh git@bitbucket.com and entering your passphrase. You should get a message that indicates that the authentication worked but that you don't have shell access.
From Bitbucket, click Add key.Enter a Label for your new key, for example, Default public key .Paste the copied public key into the SSH Key field. It doesn't matter whether or not you include the email address in the Key.
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