Adding and removing SSH keys
To add a public SSH key to a team, log in to Control Panel and switch to the relevant team. Open ….
Prerequisites
- Access to the centron Control Panel
1. Adding an SSH key to a team
To add a public SSH key to a team, log in to Control Panel and switch to the relevant team. Then, click on the profile icon in the top right-hand corner to open the drop-down menu. Select Team Settings to open the Teams settings panel. From there, select the Security section.
In the SSH Keys section, click on ‘Add SSH Key’ to open the ‘New SSH Key’ window.
Now enter your public key in the Public Key field. SSH public keys can be shared without any concerns, as it is not possible to reconstruct a private key from them. They are used solely to verify ownership of the corresponding private key:
Can’t find your key pair?
By default, SSH keys are stored in the hidden SSH directory within your home folder. Public keys can be identified by the .pub file extension.
On Linux, the public key is usually located at: /home/your_username/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
On macOS, this is usually located at: /Users/Your_Username/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
On Windows, this is usually located at: /Users/Your_username/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub If you created your key pair using PuTTYgen, you will need to use PuTTYgen to view the public key in the correct format.
Next, in the Key Name field, enter a meaningful name that will allow the key to be uniquely identified in centron and Control Panel. It is recommended that you use the name of the system from which the key originates.
Finally, click Add SSH Key to add the key to the team.
2. Removing an SSH key from a team
To remove a public SSH key from a team, log in to Control Panel and navigate to the relevant team.
Open Team Settings and select the Security section to access the Teams’s security settings. In the SSH Keys section, you will see all the keys currently assigned to the team:
Using the ••• menu at the end of a key’s line, you can edit or delete it completely. If you click on the Delete command, a form will open which you must complete in order to finalise the deletion:
To do this, enter the name of the relevant SSH key in the empty field again and then click on ‘Delete SSH Key’.