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Input Name | Description | Input Type | Required |
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SSH Key | SSH Key which will have its content stored in encrypted format. Before encrypting, FlexDeploy will convert all End of Line characters to Unix. | File | Yes |
Passphrase | Passphrase for accessing the SSH key (optional, also stored in an encrypted format). | Text | No |
Auto Import SSH Keys From File System
During server startup, FlexDeploy will look at the system user’s .ssh directory on the server’s file system and automatically create SSH Key credentials for any private key in that directory. It will ignore any file that is authorized_keys, known_hosts, and any files with the extensions .pub (public key) or .ppk (putty private key). These credentials have the naming format Private key - <private key absolute path>. If a credential already exists with that name, then it will check the name of the file that is associated with the credential. If the name of the file matches the absolute path on the file system, then it will be ignored. Otherwise the SSH Key input value of the credential will be overwritten with the private key on the file system. If a credential does not exist with that name, then it will be created automatically. These credentials that are auto imported will need to have their passphrases manually configured from the Credentials screen. In the server logs, you can track the credentials that were created via the autoUploadPrivateKeyCredentials() method every time the server starts.
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Note that if the underlying file was modified on the file system after it was already uploaded, then it would not be updated within FlexDeploy unless the credential file was changed, causing the credential SSH Key file to be overwritten. However, this auto-import feature is primarily to assist in auto creating credentials for SSH Keys after configuring FlexDeploy.
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It is recommended that any future SSH Key credentials should be uploaded from a user’s local machine. This minimizes the need for accessing the server’s internal file system, and simplifies the process of managing SSH Keys within FlexDeploy. |
Referencing SSH Key Values As Properties
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