~/.ssh/id rsa

~/.ssh/id_rsa OpenSSH private key

~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Generated executing:

• ssh-keygen

Generate public key from private key:

• ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

file ~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_rsa: OpenSSH private key

Example

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXTh
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

Related

• ssh-keygen -p
• ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

See also

• ssh-keygen [ -R, -t | -p | -i | -y | -f | ~/.ssh/id_rsa | --help ] ~/.ssh/known_hosts