Generating Ssh Client Key Pair - Cisco ASR 5500 System Administration Manual

Getting Started
• password – simple request for a single password
• default – resets the value of methods to: publickey,password
Step 3 Exit the SSH Client Configuration mode.
host_name
[local]
host_name
[local]

Generating SSH Client Key Pair

You use commands in the SSH Client Configuration mode to specify a private key and generate the SSH
client key pair.
Step 1
Enter the SSH client configuration mode.
host_name
[local]
host_name
[local]
Step 2 Enter SSH private key information and key type.
host_name
[local]
host_name
[local]
key private_key_string specifies a private key value as an alphanumeric string of 1 through 4499 characters.
length key_length specifies the length of the key in bytes as an integer from 0 through 65535.
type v2-rsa specifies the SSH client key type. The only supported SSH client key type is v2-rsa.
Step 3 Generate SSH client key pair.
host_name
[local]
host_name
[local]
type v2-rsa specifies the SSH client key type. The only supported SSH client key type is v2-rsa.
Step 4 Verify that the SSH client key has been generated.
host_name
[local]
Step 5 Exit the SSH Client Configuration mode.
host_name
[local]
host_name
[local]
exit
(config-ssh)#
(config)#
client ssh
(config)#
(config-ssh)#
ssh key private_key_string length key_length [ type v2-rsa ]
(config-ssh)#
(config-ssh)#
ssh generate key [ type v2-rsa ]
(config-ssh)#
(config-ssh)#
do show ssh client key
(config-ssh)#
exit
(config-ssh)#
(config)#
SSH Client Login to External Servers
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