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Adding a deploy user in Linux

(wherever it says url.com, use your server's domain or IP)

Login to new server as root, then add a deploy user

sudo useradd --create-home -s /bin/bash deployer
sudo adduser deployer sudo
sudo passwd deployer

And Update the new password

Copy root ssh to deployer

rsync --archive --chown=deployer:deployer ~/.ssh /home/deployer
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