How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?

Ideally i want a simple script to run on every new server I work with. Any suggestions?

  • dinosaurdynasty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If the keys are password protected… eh why not sync them.

    Also ssh certificates are a thing, they make doing that kind of stuff way easier instead of updating known hosts and authorized keys all the time

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      1 year ago

      Passwords will be brute forced if it can be done offline.

      Private SSH keys should never leave a machine. If a key gets compromised without you knowing, in worst case you will revoke the access it has once the machine's lifespan is over. If you copy around one key, it may get compromised on any of the systems, and you will never revoke the access it has.

      And you may not want to give all systems the same access everywhere. With one key per machine, you can have more granularity for access.

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        1 year ago

        Passwords will be brute forced if it can be done offline.

        Set a good high entropy password, you can even tie it to your login password with ssh-agent usually

        Private SSH keys should never leave a machine.

        If this actually matters, put your SSH key on a yubikey or something

        If a key gets compromised without you knowing, in worst case you will revoke the access it has once the machine’s lifespan is over.

        People generally don't sit on keys, this is worthless. Also knowing people I've worked with… no, they won't think to revoke it unless forced to

        and you will never revoke the access it has.

        Just replace the key in authorized_keys and resync

        And you may not want to give all systems the same access everywhere

        One of the few reasons to do this, though this tends to not match "one key per machine" and more like "one key per process that needs it"

        Like yeah, it's decent standard advice… for corporate environments with many users. For a handful of single-user systems, it essentially doesn't matter (do you have a different boot and login key for each computer lol, the SSH keys are not the weak point)