Configuring ssh keys for git access on Ubuntu

To be able to connect to a git repository with ssh access (ssh://) use the following steps:

• copy your private key file to ~/.ssh
• create (if it doesn't exist) the file ~/.ssh/config and add the following content:

Host my_githost.com
    HostName my_githost.com
    User my_username
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my_private_key_file

• change the permissions to the private key file:

chmod 400 ~/.ssh/my_private_key_file

Now you can clone your repository.