Project done during Full Stack Software Engineering studies at Alx School. It aims to learn about what is a SSH, how to create an SSH RSA key pair and how to connect to a remote host using SSH.
- Scripts written in Bash 4.3.11(1)
- Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Puppet 3.8
Read or watch:
- What is a (physical) server - text
- What is a (physical) server - video
- SSH essentials
- SSH Config File
- Public Key Authentication for SSH
- How Secure Shell Works
- SSH Crash Course
What you should learn from this project:
- What is a server
- Where servers usually live
- What is SSH
- How to create an SSH RSA key pair
- How to connect to a remote host using an SSH RSA key pair
- The advantage of using #!/usr/bin/env bash instead of /bin/bash
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
0-use_a_private_key |
Uses ssh to connect to a server using a private key previously generated |
1-create_ssh_key_pair |
Creates an RSA key pair |
2-ssh_config |
SSH client configuration using a private key and refusing to authenticate using a password |
100-puppet_ssh_config.pp |
Sets up the client SSH configuration file to connect to a server without typing a password |