On your local machine in the terminal, generate a new key pair: ssh-keygen -t rsa When prompted to save the file, hit Enter for the default location or choose your own path.

My Google is failing me. So, you know when you start up a new Linux server with OpenSSH-Server for the FIRST time, you generate a server key pair? Anyone know what script runs that? What would ...

To set up SSH key authentication, you'll need at least two Linux machines, one you log in to and one you log in from. I'll demonstrate with Pop!_OS as my desktop and Ubuntu Server as my remote server.