clone repo to forge

i can't view my site/repo on the ip given to me by forge, all i see is the forge default page. i created a droplet on digitalocean and a new forge account from there i created a site and linked it to the repo on github but i still haven't done anything regarding the SSH keys, how can i configure this? i found this question: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/forge/forge-failed-to-clone-repo but it's not clear to me where am i supposed to get that ssh key. when i linked my github account to forge i received an email regarding some ssh, would this be it? thanks.

this is the script im using, as you can see i've already created a storage link, do i need to run npm everytime? and what else is needed to run here? again, thanks.

cd /home/forge/sickofmetal.net
git pull origin $FORGE_SITE_BRANCH

$FORGE_COMPOSER install --no-dev --no-interaction --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader

( flock -w 10 9 || exit 1
    echo 'Restarting FPM...'; sudo -S service $FORGE_PHP_FPM reload ) 9>/tmp/fpmlock

# if [ -f artisan ]; then
#    $FORGE_PHP artisan migrate --force
# fi

# php artisan storage:link
npm install
npm run build

this is the latest log:

Tue Jun 20 18:09:23 UTC 2023
From github.com:eduardonwa/sickofmetal
 * branch            main       -> FETCH_HEAD
Already up to date.
Installing dependencies from lock file
Verifying lock file contents can be installed on current platform.
Nothing to install, update or remove
Package league/uri-parser is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Package tgalopin/html-sanitizer is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use symfony/html-sanitizer instead.
Generating optimized autoload files
> Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi

   INFO  Discovering packages.  

  akaunting/laravel-money ............................................... DONE
  blade-ui-kit/blade-heroicons .......................................... DONE
  blade-ui-kit/blade-icons .............................................. DONE
  filament/filament ..................................................... DONE
  filament/forms ........................................................ DONE
  filament/notifications ................................................ DONE
  filament/support ...................................................... DONE
  filament/tables ....................................................... DONE
  laravel/sanctum ....................................................... DONE
  laravel/tinker ........................................................ DONE
  livewire/livewire ..................................................... DONE
  nesbot/carbon ......................................................... DONE
  nunomaduro/termwind ................................................... DONE
  ryangjchandler/blade-capture-directive ................................ DONE
  spatie/laravel-permission ............................................. DONE

61 packages you are using are looking for funding.
Use the `composer fund` command to find out more!
Restarting FPM...

up to date, audited 113 packages in 590ms

20 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

> build
> vite build

vite v4.3.9 building for production...
transforming...
✓ 47 modules transformed.
rendering chunks...
computing gzip size...
public/build/manifest.json             0.26 kB │ gzip:  0.13 kB
public/build/assets/app-80cc679a.css  38.54 kB │ gzip:  6.92 kB
public/build/assets/app-6870bb4e.js   70.27 kB │ gzip: 26.21 kB
✓ built in 3.05s