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+# How to get your compost.party username 
+
+These are the steps I took to get my username set up on compost.party.
+
+--
+
+Open the application Terminal.
+
+If you don't have a SSH key, generate a SSH key, to do so run:
+
+	$ ssh-keygen
+
+Select default settings.
+
+Copy public key to a file:
+
+	$ cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub > ssh_pubkey.txt
+
+The file containing your SSH public key could be name something else, but it ends with <code>.pub</code>. 
+
+Send the the file ssh_pubkey.txt public key to yeah@compost.party.
+
+Wait for a confirmation from yeah@compost.party that your username has been created.
+
+Open your Terminal.
+
+Connect to the server:
+
+	$ ssh -p23 username@compost.party
+
+The Terminal should ask you whether it is the right fingerprint.
+
+Copy the fingerprint.
+
+Ask yeah@compost.party whether the fingerprint matches.
+
+Once you have received the confirmation that the fingerprint matches, go to your Terminal.
+
+Type <code>yes</code>.
+
+You should be on the server. 
+