Best way to use multiple SSH private keys on one client [closed]
IT Nursery
April 15, 2022
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I want to use multiple private keys to connect to different servers or different portions of the same server (my uses are system administration of server, administration of Git, and normal Git usage within the same server). I tried simply stacking the keys in the id_rsa files to no avail.
Apparently a straightforward way to do this is to use the command
ssh -i <key location> login@server.example.com
That is quite cumbersome.
Any suggestions as to how to go about doing this a bit easier?
2Best Answer 21
From my .ssh/config:
Host myshortname realname.example.com
HostName realname.example.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/realname_rsa # private key for realname
User remoteusername
Host myother realname2.example.org
HostName realname2.example.org
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/realname2_rsa # different private key for realname2
User remoteusername