13: User Authentication
EMG™ Edge Management Gateway User Guide
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Host and Login for Export
To view or delete a key:
1. Select the key from the appropriate table. The
View
and
Delete
buttons become active.
2. To view the key, click the
View
button. A pop-up page displays the key.
Imported key for sysadmin@DaveSLM:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAxGxPGY9HsG9VqroDo98B89Cf
haqB6jG//0tTMKkb3zrpPu0HHAXaiVXHAvv7lAte31VTpoXdLAXN0uCvuJLf
aL/LvvGmoEWBuBSu505lQHfL70ijxZWOEVTJGFqUQTSq8Ls3/v3lkUJEX5ln
2AlQx0F40FKc= sysadmin@DaveSLM
3. To delete the key, click the
Delete
button.
To view, reset, or import SSH RSA, And DSA host keys:
1. On the
User Authentication - SSH Keys
page, click the
SSH Server/Host Keys
link at the
top right. The following page displays the current host keys. In the example below, the current
keys are the defaults.
Key Name
Name of the key. This will generate the public key filename (e.g., <keyname>.pub).
Key Type
Select either the
RSA
or the
DSA
encryption standard.
RSA
is the default.
Number of Bits
Select the number of bits in the key (
1024
,
2048
,
3072
, or
4096
). The default is
2048
.
Passphrase / Retype
Passphrase
Optionally, enter a passphrase associated with the key. The passphrase may have
up to 50 characters. The passphrase is an optional password that can be
associated with an SSH key. It is unique to each user and to each key.
See
for notes on key sequence precedence and behavior.
SECSH Format
Indicate whether the keys will be exported in
SECSH
format (by default the key is
exported in
OpenSSH
format).
Public Key Filename
Filename of the public host key.
Export via
Select the method (
SCP
,
SFTP
,
FTP
,
HTTPS
, or
Copy/Paste
) of exporting the key
to the remote server.
Copy/Paste
, the default, requires no other parameters for
export.
Host
IP address of the remote server to which the EMG will SCP, SFTP or FTP the public
key file.
Path
Optional path of the file on the host to SCP, SFTP or FTP the public key too.
Login
User ID to use to SCP, SFTP or FTP the public key file.
Password /
Retype Password
Password to use to SCP, SFTP or FTP the public key file.
