Generating new SSH Keys and adding to ssh-agent

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Summary

Generating a new SSH Key

From Windows command line:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"

Supply an override filename & passphrase if required.

A pair of files will be created in the user .ssh folder.

Adding the new key to ssh-agent

As an Administrator:

> Get-Service -Name ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Manual
> Start-Service ssh-agent
> ssh-add /c/Users/YOU/.ssh/id_ed25519

After adding the ssh-agent will signal “Identity added”