Managing SSH Keys in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install keychain

In ~/.bashrc, add:

keychain id_rsa
. ~/.keychain/`uname -n`-sh

In the terminal:

source ~/.bashrc

 * keychain 2.8.2 ~ http://www.funtoo.org
 * Found existing ssh-agent: 5059
 * Known ssh key: /home/bparanj/.ssh/id_rsa

I had already generated the ssh key using ssh-keygen and ran:

$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 5059