Thursday, December 26, 2024Manage multiple SSH accounts

Keven Client A. Cataluña @LinkedIn

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Introduction

This guide explains how to manage multiple SSH accounts by configuring different SSH keys for each account in the ~/.ssh/config file, testing the connection, and using the configured host in Git URLs when adding remote repositories.

Steps1. Open ~/.ssh/config file

    nano ~/.ssh/config

2. Add the SSH configurations

~/.ssh/config

    Host github_development
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_development

Host github_work
  HostName github.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_work

3. Test the SSH connection

    ssh -T git@github_development

      Enter passphrase for key '/home/development/.ssh/github_development': ••••••••
  Hi kevenclient! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

4. When adding a remote repository, use the configured Host instead of HostName in Git URL

    git remote add origin git@github_development:username/repository.git

5. Verify the remote URL

    git remote -v

      origin  git@github_development:username/repository.git (fetch)
  origin  git@github_development:username/repository.git (push)

Keven Client A. Cataluña @LinkedIn