Setup Github SSH for windows 11

Setting up SSH for Windows 11 is very similar to Windows 10 (Sometimes it gets complicated). But let’s get a simplt method to do it.

Prerequisites

1. Download and Install Git Bash.
2. Git Bash can also be setup from PowerShell. Just run the following command into PowerShell:

choco install git -Y

1. Once you done installing the Git Bash, open the Git Bash and Setup Global username and Global email

git config --global user.name "your-github-username"
git config --global user.email "your-github-email"

Step-1: Generate new SSH key

Open the Git bash and type in:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

• Hit enter when it asks for a file name

Step-2: Start SSH agent

eval $(ssh-agent -s)

then

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Step-3: Copy the public key

After step 2, We need to copy the ssh key to integrate with GitHub. The easiest way is to use clip option:

clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Step-4: Add ssh key to Github

We have our ssh key now. The next step is to add this to GitHub. Follow step by step:

1. Open up github go click on your profile picture and go to settings
2. Under the settings, go to SSH and GPG Keys
3. Create a new ssh Key
4. Give it a name
5. On the Key option just paste the ssh key you just copied.
6. Finally click add ssh key

voilà! You have added the SSH key for Github and your Windows 11. If you want to test the SSH key, Simply clone a repository using ssh option and push some changes using Git Bash.