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Learning DevOps: Continuously Deliver Better Software
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Learning DevOps: Continuously Deliver Better Software

by Joakim Verona, Michael Duffy, Paul Swartout
September 2016
Beginner
713 pages
17h 1m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using ssh-copy-id to copy keys

Your SSH key can be used to authenticate yourself to a Linux server, and although you can manually copy SSH keys onto the servers you control, there are easier ways to manage them. Using the ssh-copy-id command allows you to easily copy your public key onto a server, which can be valuable when managing a great number of servers.

Getting ready

For this recipe, either you will need a Red Hat- or Debian-based Linux host.

How to do it…

Using ssh-copy-id only requires a single command to copy a public key to a target server. For instance, to copy my SSH key to a server called testserver, you can use the following command:

ssh-copy-id testserver

How it works…

The ssh-copy-id command logs onto a server using another authentication ...

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