What you’ll need
- A Hivenet account with Compute credits ready
- A Debian-, Ubuntu-, Fedora-, or Arch-based distro (others work too)
- OpenSSH client (
ssh) installed
- A terminal emulator
Step 1 – Create your SSH key pair
- Accept the default path (
/home/<you>/.ssh/id_ed25519).
- Add a passphrase for extra security.
Password managers such as 1Password, Bitwarden, and KeePassXC can generate and store SSH keys automatically. If you already rely on one, it’s an easy alternative to the ssh-keygen command.
Step 2 – Find your key files
Open the folder in your file manager:
—or browse there manually (Home → .ssh). You should see:
id_ed25519 (private)id_ed25519.pub (public)
Step 3 – Add your public key to Hivenet
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Copy the public key to your clipboard:
_(If _
xclipisn’t installed, just open the file in a text editor and copy.)
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In Compute with Hivenet, paste the key into SSH key when you spin up an instance.
Share only the .pub key. Keep the private key private.
Step 4 – (Optional) add a quick SSH config
Create or edit ~/.ssh/config:
Connect with:
Troubleshooting
