cheatsheets

Multiple SSH Keys

If you use more than one SSH key (e.g., personal and company) on your computer:

• Create a file ~/.ssh/config with the following content:

  # Personal GitHub account
  Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes
  
  # Company GitHub account
  Host github.com-company
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes
  

• Then add the keys using the following commands:

  ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal
  ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company
  

• Check if the keys have been correctly added to the agent:

  ssh-add -l
  

Resources

• https://gist.github.com/jexchan/2351996/