You are currently viewing How to access your account using SSH keys

How to access your account using SSH keys

When you log in to your account interactively using an SSH client as described in this article, you must enter a password every time. But what if you want to run an automated process? Perhaps you want to automatically download a database backup at certain times to your local computer. In this scenario, you don’t want to have to manually type your SSH password every time the backup process runs.