---
title: Create SSH Keys in Gitea
description:
published: true
date: 2025-05-04T11:42:39.943Z
tags: git, public
editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2025-05-04T11:38:34.846Z
---
## Creating SSH Key
 Ideally the following steps are completed on the device and user which you want to allow the connection from, so it will be saved in their `~/.ssh` folder.

Run the following commands:
```bash
cd ~/.ssh
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"
```


## Add Keys to ssh-agent
Run the following command
`ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519`

Replace `id_ed25519` in the command with the name of your private key file

## Add Public key to Gitea
`cat` the contents of the public key and add it into Gitea under **Settings** > **SSH / GPG Keys** > **Add key**.
