How to generate ssh key?

In other to generate SSH key(s) follow the below steps,

1. Open your command line Terminal (macOS/Linux)
2. Type in the command:

   ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa

3. Enter the file in which to save the SSH key,
4. Enter the passphase,
5. Now you will be asked to enter the passphrase again,
6. Your identification and the public key will now be saved.

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/c2c/.ssh/id_rsa): my_ssh_key
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 
Your identification has been saved in my_ssh_key
Your public key has been saved in my_ssh_key.pub
The key fingerprint is:

SHA256:iJcAJMGEjgc+2GC6uYJOXOtDWdD9iDwbTIA4XkWgQ+hg c2c@Desktop-MacBook-Pro.local

The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 2048]----+
|X=+.= =.         |
|=* = = .         |
|E+  * . o        |
|+Bo  X + .       |
|.+o.+ B S        |
|+ .o.o           |
|.+..             |
|= ..             |
|o. ..            |
+----[SHA256]-----+ 

% ls -ltrh     
total 16
-rw-------  1 code2care  staff   1.9K Aug 15 14:41 my_ssh_key
-rw-r--r--  1 code2care  staff   420B Aug 15 14:41 my_ssh_key.pub
% cat my_ssh_key
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

% cat my_ssh_key.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABXYABAQC+OaD8KXs4X+sHrq9w9c/cnsLmj9lh7
vq9Ck1P1kOvwuFT72bkdLcW7//sIx9Cjz2RHKlTwaVhLKozO8JFlMpb2EGNl3trRA0vFs/3RV
ZRAJqwMbqslough7X4/kltH2qOjiFqGdJPOo6+ewJQtnC93TggpDvXeetq5Funm5LqBPSVfr
ITVfHv39Z1xu1ja4JQFnXV3BAInAvrp8AKO0RMOOF/MCiKyrE8AlOzlksNRI0aalvpWGfPLjsn
yvoWOWckgc77KKQlzxP5f+a65qGMtUrhgMOcd6s9APlA//hQFqlkoYaW2TtJoxn+uIP1D50
nP+s27nJGPA774kZT4e895 c2c@Desktop-MacBook-Air.local