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# How to create your SSH keys
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This topic describes how to create SSH keys. You do this to use Git over SSH instead of Git over HTTP.
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## Creating your SSH keys
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1. Go to your [command line](start-using-git.md) and follow the [instructions](../ssh/README.md) to generate your SSH key pair.
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1. Log in to GitLab.
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1. In the upper-right corner, click your avatar and select **Settings**.
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1. On the **User Settings** menu, select **SSH keys**.
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1. Paste the **public** key generated in the first step in the **Key**
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text field.
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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 the **Add key** button to add it to GitLab. You will be able to see
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its fingerprint, title, and creation date.
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NOTE: **Note:**
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Once you add a key, you cannot edit it. If the paste
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didn't work, you need to remove the offending key and re-add it.
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