SSH for Remote Access
You can generate authentication keys to access a Cumulus Linux switch securely with the ssh-keygen
component of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Cumulus Linux uses the OpenSSH package to provide this functionality. This section describes how to generate an SSH key pair.
Generate an SSH Key Pair
To generate the SSH key pair, run the
ssh-keygen
command and follow the prompts:To configure a completely password free system, do not enter a passphrase when prompted in the following step.
cumulus@leaf01:~$ ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/cumulus/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/cumulus/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /home/cumulus/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: 5a:b4:16:a0:f9:14:6b:51:f6:f6:c0:76:1a:35:2b:bb cumulus@leaf04 The key's randomart image is: +---[RSA 2048]----+ | +.o o | | o * o . o | | o + o O o | | + . = O | | . S o . | | + . | | . E | | | | | +-----------------+
To copy the generated public key to the desired location, run the
ssh-copy-id
command and follow the prompts:cumulus@leaf01:~$ ssh-copy-id -i /home/cumulus/.ssh/id_rsa.pub cumulus@leaf02 The authenticity of host 'leaf02 (192.168.0.11)' can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is b1:ce:b7:6a:20:f4:06:3a:09:3c:d9:42:de:99:66:6e. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys cumulus@leaf01's password: Number of key(s) added: 1
ssh-copy-id
does not work if the username on the remote switch is different from the username on the local switch. To work around this issue, use thescp
command instead:cumulus@leaf01:~$ scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub cumulus@leaf02:.ssh/authorized_keys Enter passphrase for key '/home/cumulus/.ssh/id_rsa': id_rsa.pub
Connect to the remote switch to confirm that the authentication keys are in place:
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