In Git Bash for windows, how to bookmark ssh hosts

Question

I sometimes use the git bash terminal that comes with the Github app for windows to ssh into my webservers. This is easily accomplished by running

ssh user@myhost

and entering the password.

In unix systems there is a usually config file in the ~/.ssh directory where you can place your saved hosts and any options, such as a key file to use for password-less access.

Is there an equivalent when using Git Bash or am I forever stuck with manually constructing my ssh commands?

Answer 1

Well the answer is that is works in exactly the same way.

Add a config file within a .ssh folder in the home directory and populate with saved hosts.

Allowing public key access is simply a case of adding your PC's public key to the authorized keys file on the server you wish to log in to. The github app usually creates a key pair for you upon installation within the .ssh folder or you can create a new one using ssh-keygen.