Set Up Multiple SSH Keys on Your Computer

Hello! This is a quick guide for those who need to set up multiple SSH keys for multiple hosts. I was inspired to write this article as I suffered upon some issues when setting up multiple SSH keys. My company uses private Github and Bitbucket accounts, and for my personal use, I have a public Github account. So, I have to need access from one PC.

If you don’t know what an SSH key is or why it is used, you can check out this article to learn more about them.

Here are the steps that I took to set it up.

Step 1: Double-check if you have an existing SSH key.

Open Terminal and Enter ls ~/.ssh