2.1 Create an SSH/RSA Key

To work with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure once the Oracle Data Transforms Compute Node is built, you have to provide a SSH Public Key to allow you to login to the node.

In order to build your SSH keys, perform the following steps:

  1. In a terminal window, generate the SSH key using the following command:
    $ ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair.
  2. Enter the path to store this file. By default, this gets saved in your home directory under a hidden folder called .ssh. Change this default location, if required.
    Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa): <Return>
  3. Enter a passphrase using your key.
    Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): <passphrase>
  4. Re-enter the passphrase to confirm it.
    Enter same passphrase again: <passphrase>
  5. Check the results.

    The key fingerprint (a colon separated series of two-digit hexadecimal values) is displayed. Check if the path to the key is correct. In the above example, the path is /Users/johndoe/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. You have now created a public and private key pair.