Using SSH

[jeremycollins2]

SOLVED: I didn't enter the full path in the IdentityFile line: ~/.ssh/siteground

Hello, I am trying to setup SSH on Ubuntu 18.04 but I'm having some issues. I created a config file located at ~/.ssh/config and in the file I have this:

Host siteground
        HostName mydomain.com
        User myusername
        Port 18765
        IdentityFile siteground

When I try to ssh into my Siteground server, I get this error:

no such identity: siteground: No such file or directory
myusername@mydomain.com: Permission denied (publickey).

However, if I am inside of the .ssh folder and try to login, it works as expected.

How can I make it so I can login anywhere using the Host in my Identity File?

[Holger_Gehrke]

By giving a path and filename to the IdentityFile directive.

Host siteground
        HostName mydomain.com
        User myusername
        Port 18765
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/siteground

Holger

[jeremycollins2]

Thank you!!

By giving a path and filename to the IdentityFile directive.

Host siteground
        HostName mydomain.com
        User myusername
        Port 18765
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/siteground

Holger