** Generating an SSH key pair
ssh-keygen -t dsa -f ~/.ssh/jenkins_agent_key
*** Create a Jenkins SSH credential
Go to your Jenkins dashboard;
Go to Manage Jenkins option in main menu and click on credentials button;
select the drop option Add Credentials from the global item;
Fill the form:
Kind: SSH Username with private key;
id: jenkins
description: The jenkins ssh key
username: jenkins
Private Key: select Enter directly and press the Add button to insert your
private key from ~/.ssh/jenkins_agent_key
Passphrase: fill your passphrase used to generate the SSH key pair and then
press OK