# How to Set Up SSH Keys: A Step-by-Step Guide (2026) | Teleport

DevFeed: [How to Set Up SSH Keys: A Step-by-Step Guide (2026) | Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-a-step-by-step-guide-2026-teleport-29692.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys/>)

Author: sakshyam.shah@goteleport.com (Sakshyam Shah)

Published: 2022-02-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [ed25519](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ed25519.md>), [OpenSSH](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssh.md>), [private key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-key.md>), [public key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/public-key.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>)

Tags: [ed25519](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ed25519.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [openssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssh.md>), [private-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-key.md>), [public-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public-key.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step guide to setting up SSH keys with ssh-keygen and Ed25519, adding public keys to servers or GitHub, and protecting private keys with passphrases. It also explains when short-lived SSH certificates may be preferable to long-lived keys.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to set up SSH keys with ssh-keygen and Ed25519, add your key to a server or GitHub, and when short-lived SSH certificates beat long-lived keys.