bitbucket ssh

Bitbucket supports SSH as a secure protocol for accessing and managing your repositories. To use SSH with Bitbucket, you need to generate an SSH key pair and add the public key to your Bitbucket account. Here are the steps to set up SSH access with Bitbucket:

1. Generate an SSH key pair on your local machine if you don't have one already. You can use the `ssh-keygen` command to generate the key pair.

   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

This command will prompt you for a location to save the key pair and a passphrase (optional). Press Enter to accept the default values.

2. Once the key pair is generated, copy the public key to the clipboard using the following command:

   pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

If you're not on macOS, you can manually open the `id_rsa.pub` file and copy its contents.

3. Log in to your Bitbucket account and navigate to your avatar in the bottom left corner and click on "Bitbucket settings."

4. In the left-hand sidebar, click on "SSH keys" under the "Security" section.

5. Click on the "Add key" button.

6. Paste the copied public key into the "Key" field and provide a label for the key (e.g., "My SSH Key").

7. Click on the "Add key" button to save the SSH key.

Once you have set up SSH access, you can clone your repositories using the SSH URL. For example:

git clone git@bitbucket.org:username/repository.git

Make sure to replace `username` with your Bitbucket username and `repository` with the name of your repository.

That's it! You should now be able to use SSH to access your Bitbucket repositories.