Add Public Key to Server With ssh-copy-id

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💡 To SSH into a server using a key pair you need to add your public key to the server's "authorized_keys" file.

Besides old-school copy-pasting your public key into the file, you can also use ssh-copy-id:

👉🏼 `ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/mykey.pub user@host`

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