SSH Public key based authentication Rumi, June 9, 2014September 3, 2017 Method-1: Create the cryptographic Key on FreeBSD / Linux / UNIX workstation, enter: ssh-keygen -t rsa Assign the pass phrase (press [enter] key twice if you don’t want a passphrase). It will create 2 files in ~/.ssh directory as follows: ~/.ssh/id_rsa : identification (private) key ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub : public key Use scp to copy the id_rsa.pub (public key) to rh9linux.nixcraft.org server as authorized_keys2 file, this is know as Installing the public key to server. scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub vivek@rh9linux.nixcraft.org:.ssh/authorized_keys2 From FreeBSD workstation login to server: ssh rh9linux.nixcraft.org Changing the pass-phrase on workstation (if needed): ssh-keygen -p Use of ssh-agent to avoid continues pass-phrase typing At freebsd workstation type: ssh-agent $BASH ssh-add Type your pass-phrase Now ssh server will not use prompt for the password. Above two commands can be added to your ~/.bash_profile file so that as soon as you login into workstation you can set the agent. Deleting the keys hold by ssh-agent To list keys, enter: ssh-add -l To delete all keys, enter: ssh-add -D To delete specific key, enter: ssh-add -d key Method-2 To generate a public and private key run this command on your backup server: sudo ssh-keygen -t rsa We do not want a passphrase for this key because we want these computers to be able to connect to each other without our intervention. Press “ENTER” through all of the prompts to accept the defaults. user@backupserver:~#: sudo ssh-keygen –t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: … The key's randomart image is: … We now have a public and private key pair that will allow us to sign in to other servers from our backup server. We need to transfer our public key to the machine we will be backing up so that it knows that we are allowed to access it. sudo ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@example.com Be sure to change “example.com” to the IP address or domain name of the server you will back up. Once that command executes, you should check that you are able to log-in to your server from your backup server without a password. sudo ssh root@example.com Once you’ve verified that you can connect correctly, exit out so that you are able to work on your backup server again. exit Related Administrations Configurations (Linux) SSH
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