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Docs: Generating ssh keys 

There's a much better documentation (including using existing OpenSSH keys like most of us already have for git) on the Azure docs, e.g.:

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/linux-use-ssh-key/

Closes #18.
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@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ Before starting, you need to have:
2014` doesn't seem to create a valid keypair for ssh. FWIW,
`OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012` on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is known to work.
Here is a description on how to generate this using `openssl`:
You should follow [this guide](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/linux-use-ssh-key/) to learn
how to create or use existing SSH keys. If you have already did it, you can skip the following.
Here is a description on how to generate SSH keys using `openssl`:
```sh
# You may want to use another dir than /tmp
@ -79,7 +82,12 @@ cd /tmp
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout azure-private.key -out azure-certificate.pem
chmod 600 azure-private.key azure-certificate.pem
openssl x509 -outform der -in azure-certificate.pem -out azure-certificate.cer
```
Generate a keystore which will be used by the plugin to authenticate with a certificate
all Azure API calls.
```sh
# Generate a keystore (azurekeystore.pkcs12)
# Transform private key to PEM format
openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -in azure-private.key -inform PEM -out azure-pk.pem -outform PEM