On your local machine cd into the .ssh directory in your home "~/" directory. If it doesn't exist you can create it with "mkdir ~/.ssh". Next generate your public/private keys and copy the public key to the remote server. cd ~/.ssh ssh-keygen ...

apt-get install openssl openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr You'll be prompted to enter a password (don't forget it!) as well as fill in company identity information. The most important part is the ...