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Windows Key-Pair Generation Instructions

Step 1: Install Git

  1. Download and install Git on your machine. http://git-scm.com/downloads
  2. Open Git bash by clicking the start menu and typing in “git bash”.

Windows 7:

Search for "git bash" when you open your Start Menu in Windows 7

Windows 8:

After pressing the Windows Key or clicking the Start button start typing "Git bash" to search for the program

Step 2: Generate a new SSH key for MarkUs

  1. Within the Git bash copy and paste the following text below. If you wish, you can add a label for your key pair. (ex: Laptop, School Computer, etc) > ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "LABEL GOES HERE"
  2. Leave the default options as is and keep pressing Enter until you see: Your identification has been saved in .../<yourUsername>/.ssh/id_rsa. # Your public key has been saved in .../<yourUsername>/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

Step 3: Add your key to your ssh-agent

An ssh-agent is a tool which keeps track of your private / public key pairs and will help authenticate you when you try to establish connections.

  1. Now add your newly generated key to the ssh-agent by running this command:

    > ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

    You should see something like:

    Identity added: .../<yourUsername>/.ssh/id_rsa
(.../<yourUsername>/.ssh/id_rsa)

From now on, continue to use the Git bash for your Git commands on your Windows machine.

Step 4: Add your public key to MarkUs

  1. Adding your public key to MarkUs is done by visiting this page and clicking “New Key Pair”
  2. Now you can choose to upload the public key file itself (located in the hidden folder in your home directory ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or by executing the following commands from within your Git bash to copy and paste your public key c$ notepad ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Notepad will then open up and you can then copy the public key contents and paste it into Markus: Copy your public key contents. Paste your public key contents into MarkUs.