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Kiro WSL AWS Setup Guide

Generate GitHub SSH Key

Generate an Ed25519 SSH key pair for GitHub authentication:

Terminal window
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your.email@example.com"

When prompted:

  • File location: Press Enter to accept the default (~/.ssh/id_ed25519)
  • Passphrase: Enter a passphrase (recommended) or press Enter for none

Start the SSH agent and add your key:

Terminal window
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

WSL2 does not persist the SSH agent across sessions. Each time you open a new terminal, you may need to re-run eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519. To automate this, add the following to your ~/.bashrc:

Terminal window
# Auto-start SSH agent
if [ -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
  eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" > /dev/null
  ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 2>/dev/null
fi