Resetting OpenSSH Host Keys (the easy method)

When creating a deployment image or template for distributing Linux to devices or servers, it’s a good idea to make sure that you reset the host keys for SSH. In this video, I’ll show you an easy method I found for automating this.

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You can find the systemd unit file I used in the video here.

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Linux Crash Course – Public Key Authentication

Public Key Authentication with OpenSSH is preferred, as it’s a much stronger method of authenticating to your servers when compared to using password authentication. In fact, password authentication in OpenSSH should always be disabled. But before you can password authentication, you’ll need to set up public key authentication, and that’s exactly what we’ll do in today’s video.

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