2016-01-04 15:31:03 +00:00
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# ssh-keygen
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2024-03-14 05:01:06 +00:00
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> Generate SSH keys used for authentication, password-less logins, and other things.
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2021-10-04 13:39:50 +01:00
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> More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen>.
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2016-01-04 15:31:03 +00:00
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2016-01-28 11:41:00 +00:00
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- Generate a key interactively:
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2016-01-04 15:31:03 +00:00
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`ssh-keygen`
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2023-06-23 06:51:32 +01:00
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- Generate an ed25519 key with 32 key derivation function rounds and save the key to a specific file:
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2016-03-01 21:06:19 +00:00
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2023-06-23 06:51:32 +01:00
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`ssh-keygen -t {{ed25519}} -a {{32}} -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}`
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2018-01-25 19:36:37 +00:00
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2021-08-15 18:59:09 +01:00
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- Generate an RSA 4096-bit key with email as a comment:
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2016-01-04 15:31:03 +00:00
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2023-06-23 06:51:32 +01:00
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`ssh-keygen -t {{rsa}} -b {{4096}} -C "{{comment|email}}"`
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2016-06-01 10:15:10 +01:00
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2019-12-07 03:20:59 +00:00
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- Remove the keys of a host from the known_hosts file (useful when a known host has a new key):
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`ssh-keygen -R {{remote_host}}`
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2016-07-26 15:16:42 +01:00
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- Retrieve the fingerprint of a key in MD5 Hex:
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2021-08-17 19:03:15 +01:00
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`ssh-keygen -l -E {{md5}} -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}`
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2016-07-26 15:16:42 +01:00
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2016-06-01 10:15:10 +01:00
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- Change the password of a key:
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2021-08-17 19:03:15 +01:00
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`ssh-keygen -p -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}`
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- Change the type of the key format (for example from OPENSSH format to PEM), the file will be rewritten in-place:
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`ssh-keygen -p -N "" -m {{PEM}} -f {{~/.ssh/OpenSSH_private_key}}`
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2023-05-18 04:38:04 +01:00
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- Retrieve public key from secret key:
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`ssh-keygen -y -f {{~/.ssh/OpenSSH_private_key}}`
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