How do I add an SSH key in gitlab?

Go to your GitLab account: https://gitlab.com/

Click on Settings on the top right drop-down, which will appear once you select the icon(white-fox image [specific to my profile]).

Click on Settings on the top right drop-down, which will appear once you select the icon(white-fox image).

Click on SSH Keys:

Add/Paste the SSH Key.
How to generate the ssh key: Download gitbash or putty:

After downloading gitbash/putty follow the steps:

1. Open a terminal on Linux or macOS, or Git Bash / WSL on Windows.

2. Generate a new ED25519 SSH key pair:

   ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"  
   

   Or, if you want to use RSA:

   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"  
   

   It will generate the key in => C:\Users\yourname.ssh directory.

3. Copy the public key and paste in the gitlab location:

   

Command to run on gitbash to clone the repository:

ssh-agent $(ssh-add C:\Users\youname\.ssh\id_rsa; git clone [email protected]:xyz/SpringBootStarter.git)