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→Generating a Public/Private Key Pair & Sharing the Public Key
If you have the private key, you can prove to someone who has your public key that you are indeed the '''actual owner of that public key'''. That is how ssh key authentication works. You are then only required to transfer your public key to a remote server.
<ol><li value="5">You are going to share the public key from the '''root user in your host machine''' with the '''root user of your vm1 machine'''.</li><li>Copy the contents of your '''~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub''' from your host machine and append to '''~/.ssh/authorized_keys''' on each of your Virtual Machines. In your case, you will issue the following command 3 times (for each vm IPADDR):<br><source>ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@IPADDR_for_vm</source><br>'''NOTE:''' Press ENTER for all prompted information including the password (although this may seen counter-intuitive!).<br><br></li><li>Use the ssh command to test each ssh connection between your host and each virtual machine that you can connect to the VMs without having to use a password. This is essential to create backups from VMs to your hostmachine without being prompted for password.</li></ol>