If you are wondering how to automatically authenticate to a linux server with ssh and password authentication, this article is for you. sshpass is for ssh password authentication automation. SSH password authentication is primarily used for keyboard-interactive use cases. sshpass gives you the … [Read more...] about sshpass ssh password authentication automation
SSH Key Generation
The ssh-keygen utility is used for ssh key generation. This post will walk you through how to generate a new ssh key, configure its use, and use it for authentication against the hosts or systems you need to authenticate to. At the end we will walk through how to test ssh key and password … [Read more...] about SSH Key Generation
ssh ec2 instance – How to add an ssh key
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to add an ssh key to an existing ec2 instance. If you are reading this then you have likely created an ec2 instance but cannot access it remotely except through the AWS console. It's important to always have a way to ssh into your ec2 instances … [Read more...] about ssh ec2 instance – How to add an ssh key
OpenSSH SFTP Server
This article will demonstrate how to install and manage an OpenSSH SFTP Server on Linux. This in effect is a Linux SFTP server using OpenSSH instead of the more common vsftpd package. The question of which of the two options is the best sftp server for linux will not be answered in this article. … [Read more...] about OpenSSH SFTP Server
No matching host key type found – SSH and SFTP
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to use ssh to remotely connect to an older linux host from a newer version of openssh when receiving the no matching host key type found error. The example in this article was used against an older RHEL 6.5 server. Additionally, the article will … [Read more...] about No matching host key type found – SSH and SFTP