Generate SSH keys

This page describes how to generate SSH keys for your Oracle Database@Google Cloud resources.

To authenticate your Oracle Database@Google Cloud connection, you need to generate an SSH key pair. You need to create an SSH key pair at least once in your project. You can reuse the same key pair for multiple Exadata VM Clusters or create a new key pair for each Exadata VM Cluster. You can generate an SSH key pair using the ssh-keygen command.

Generate an SSH key pair

To generate an SSH key pair, run the following command:

ssh-keygen -b 4096 -f SSH_KEY_ID -N PASSPHRASE -t rsa

Replace the following:

  • SSH_KEY_ID: this is the root name of your SSH key file used to generate the public and private keys
  • PASSPHRASE: this is the passphrase used when accessing your resources using Google Cloud console

The ssh-keygen command saves your private key to a file called SSH_KEY_ID and your public key to a file called SSH_KEY_ID.pub in your home directory.

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