GitHub: SSH Key Error: Key is invalid FIX

We're following the GitHub Help instructions for Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account.

The OS is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Azure for a service we're in the process of setting up.

The following _did not work_ for us:

$ clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

So, we did this instead:

$cd .ssh

$ vi ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

And received the following:

Everything looked fine but no matter which way the Copy & Paste was done the Key is invalid. Ensure you've copied the file correctly error would happen.

In the end, the stackoverflow post at the bottom got us some joy.

We needed to run:

more id_rsa.pub

Highlight from the last character in the e-mail address to the front of ssh-rsa and it worked!

While it's been a few years since I've worked in a *NIX/*BSD environment it was just like riding a bicycle! Oh, and being somewhat fluent in PowerShell really helps too. :)

Thanks for reading!

Philip Elder
Microsoft High Availability MVP
MPECS Inc.
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book
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Azure VMs: A Series Versus D Series

We’ve been working with our Microsoft Partner Azure credit to see just how it all works as we have a client that needs a highly redundant, scalable, and global infrastructure setup.

Here is an A Series VM setup:

This is the setup for the D Series VM:

Cost wise the D series would be a bit more but the performance difference is noticeable.

When it comes to evaluating where to place client workloads one definitely needs to keep in mind what grade of VM to be utilizing.

Note that it looks as though one cannot mix A and D VMs in the same Cloud Services container. Please verify as to whether that is the case in your particular Azure Portal.

Philip Elder
Microsoft Cluster MVP
MPECS Inc.
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book

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