Installing Git on Ubuntu

1. Install git

    sudo apt-get install git
   

2. Generating Ubuntu SSH key

    ssh-keygen
   

3. Find your SSH key.

    cd ~/.ssh
    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
    ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAklOUpkDHrfHY17SbrmTIpNLTGK9Tjom/BWDSU
    GPl+nafzlHDTYW7hdI4yZ5ew18JH4JW9jbhUFrviQzM7xlELEVf4h9lFX5QVkbPppSwg0cda3
    Pbv7kOdJ/MTyBlWXFCR+HAo3FXRitBqxiX1nKhXpHAZsMciLq8V6RjsNAQwdsdMFvSlVK/7XA
    t3FaoJoAsncM1Q9x5+3V0Ww68/eIFmb1zuUFljQJKprrX88XypNDvjYNby6vw/Pb0rwert/En
    mZ+AW4OZPnTPI89ZPmVMLuayrD2cE86Z/il8b+gw3r3+1nKatmIkjn2so1d01QraTlMqVSsbx
    NrRFi9wrf+M7Q== schacon@mylaptop.local
   

4. Copy the SSH-RSA text and paste it into your Git account’s key settings.

5. Clone existing repo

    git clone https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko.git
   

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