Create SSH Keys and Create and Setup a GitLab account

Learn how to use SSH to access C2 Platform GitLab repositories, the recommended and most convenient protocol for Git repositories.

Note:

If you’re not planning to contribute changes as a C2 Platform engineer and don’t have or need write access to C2 repositories, you can skip this step and use HTTPS instead of SSH to access repositories.

Create SSH Keys

Generate a pair of RSA keys (public and private) with the following command. It’s recommended to use a passphrase for extra security.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "tony.clifton@dev.c2platform.org"

Create a GitLab Account

Navigate to gitlab.com and sign up for an account.
Add your SSH public key: go to user Settings → SSH Keys .

Verify SSH Setup

To verify that SSH is working correctly, execute the following commands:

cd /tmp
git clone git@gitlab.com:c2platform/ansible.git

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