To log in into other Aspera servers with public key authentication, you can also create key-pairs in command line. Follow these instructions:
Note: You can also use the application GUI to create SSH
keys or import existing keys for use with a selected user account. For instructions,
see Creating SSH Keys.
Create a .ssh in your home directory
Create a .ssh folder in your user account's home directory if it does
not exist:
$ mkdir /home/username/.ssh
Go to the .ssh folder and continue:
$ cd /home/username/.ssh
Run ssh-keygen to generate an SSH key-pair
Run the following command in the .ssh folder. The program prompts you
for the key-pair's filename. Press ENTER to use the default name
id_rsa. For a passphrase, you can either enter a password, or
press return twice to leave it blank:
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
Retrieve the public key file
When created, the key-pair can be found in your home directory's .ssh
folder (assuming you generated the key with the default name id_rsa):
/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Provide the public key file (for example, id_rsa.pub) to your server
administrator, so that it can be set up for your server connection.
Start a transfer using public key authentication with the ascp
command
To transfer files using public key authentication on the command line, use
the option -iprivate_key_file. For example: