Selfhosted

61593 readers

523 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Detailed Rules Post

Be civil.
No spam.
Posts are to be related to self-hosting.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or readme if you're providing a link.
Submission headline should match the article title.
No trolling.
Promotion posts require active participation, with an account that is at least 30 days old. F/LOSS without a paywall has exceptions, with requirements. See the rules link for details. Tags [CBH] or [AIP] are required, see the links in Rule 8 for details.
AI-related discussions and AI-involved promotional posts have additional requirements for tagging, as noted in Rule 7 and the AI & Promotional Post Expanded Rules post, and find example disclosures here.

Resources:

selfh.st Newsletter and index of selfhosted software and apps
awesome-selfhosted software
awesome-sysadmin resources
Self-Hosted Podcast from Jupiter Broadcasting

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus

curbstickle_lw@lemmy.world

Self hosted SSH key repository? (lemmy.chiisana.net)

submitted 3 years ago by chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

32 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I have too many machines floating around, some virtual, some physical, and they're getting added and removed semi-frequently as I play around with different tools/try out ideas. One recurring pain point is I have no easy way to manage SSH keys around them, and it's a pain to deal with adding/removing/cycling keys. I know I can use AuthorizedKeysCommand on sshd_config to make the system fetch a remote key for validation, I know I could theoretically publish my pub key to github or alike, but I'm wondering if there's something more flexible/powerful where I can manage multiple users (essentially roles) such that each machine can be assigned a role and automatically allow access accordingly?

I've seen Keyper before, but the container haven't been updated for years, and the support discord owner actively kicks everyone from the server, even after asking questions.

Is there any other solution out there that would streamline this process a bit?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

You could try SSH certificates using something like https://smallstep.com/sso-ssh/ - essentially you delegate validation of your public key to a IDP, which your servers are configured to trust.

The other approach would be something like ansible or puppet to deploy trusted keys to all servers

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 0 points 3 years ago

Hm... these are both interesting but might be a bit overkill IMO.

I don't think I'd need a CA and intermediary step if all SSHd needs to do is check if a key is a currently approved key for this particular service or not; and I last looked at chef/puppet many years ago, and it was way too much orchestration work that we no longer need w/ Docker containers and smaller footprint host OSes.