Import ssh keys for public key authentication ============================================= [⬅️ Go back to main README](../../README.md) > ℹ️️ **Info**: This module can not be used on its own but requires the base > installation. See [main README](../../README.md) for details. Description ----------- RouterOS supports ssh login with public key authentication. The functions in this module help importing the keys. Requirements and installation ----------------------------- Just install the module: $ScriptInstallUpdate mod/ssh-keys-import; Usage and invocation -------------------- ### Import single key from terminal Call the function `$SSHKeysImport` with key and user as parameter to import that key: $SSHKeysImport "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza...QYZk8= user" admin; Starting with RouterOS *7.12beta1* support for keys of type `ed25519` has been added: $SSHKeysImport "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3Nza...ZVugJT user" admin; The third part of the key (`user` in this example) is inherited as `key-owner` in RouterOS. Also the `MD5` fingerprint is recorded, this helps to audit and verify the available keys. > ℹ️️ **Info**: Use `ssh-keygen` to show a fingerprint of an existing public > key file: `ssh-keygen -l -E md5 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub` ### Import several keys from file The functions `$SSHKeysImportFile` can read an `authorized_keys`-style file and import all the keys. The user given to the function can be overwritting from comments in the file. Create a file `keys.pub` with this content: ``` ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3Nza...3OcN8A user@client ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza...ozyts= worker@station # user=example ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza...GXQVk= person@host ``` Then import it with: $SSHKeysImportFile keys.pub admin; This will import the first two keys for user `admin` (as given to function) and the third one for user `example` (as defined in comment). --- [⬅️ Go back to main README](../../README.md) [⬆️ Go back to top](#top)