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# How to create your SSH Keys
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1. The first thing you need to do is go to your [command line](start-using-git.md)
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and follow the [instructions](../ssh/README.md) to generate your SSH key pair.
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1. Once you do that, login to GitLab with your credentials.
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1. On the upper right corner, click on your avatar and go to your **Profile settings**.
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1. Navigate to the **SSH keys** tab.
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1. Paste your **public** key that you generated in the first step in the 'Key'
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box.
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1. Optionally, give it a descriptive title so that you can recognize it in the
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event you add multiple keys.
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1. Finally, click on **Add key** to add it to GitLab. You will be able to see
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its fingerprint, its title and creation date.
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>**Note:**
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Once you add a key, you cannot edit it, only remove it. In case the paste
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didn't work, you will have to remove the offending key and re-add it.
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Congratulations! You are now ready to use Git over SSH, instead of Git over HTTP!
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