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Set up SSH keys instead of passwords

30–60 minutes · Use what you have · Easy

A small, properly bounded project: Set up SSH keys instead of passwords. Start with a working first version, pay attention to what you notice, and leave yourself with something you can use, understand or show someone.

Close photograph of a real Ubuntu bash terminal prompt on a computer display, suitable for a secure SSH administration workflow.
Gabriel Heinzer — Unsplash License. Real photograph of an Ubuntu bash terminal running in Windows Subsystem for Linux; the visible prompt is an actual short sudo prompt, not decorative or fabricated code.

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Do it

  1. Clear a little space and decide what a finished first attempt looks like.
  2. Gather only the tools, materials or information needed for that first attempt.
  3. Work through the basic version slowly, checking each change as you make it.
  4. Test, use or observe the result, then write down one improvement for next time.

What next?

Keep the useful notes, photograph the result if there is one, then go and find something else to do.