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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 VM Clusters or create
a new key pair for each 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:
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