SSH Cheatsheet

Connect to a server (default port 22)

$ ssh root@192.168.1.5

Connect on a specific port

$ ssh root@192.168.1.5 -p 6222

Connect via pem file (0400 permissions)

$ ssh -i /path/file.pem root@192.168.1.5

See: SSH Permissions

Executes remote command

$ ssh root@192.168.1.5 'ls -l'

Invoke a local script

$ ssh root@192.168.1.5 bash < script.sh

Compresses and downloads from a server

$ ssh root@192.168.1.5 "tar cvzf - ~/source" > output.tgz

Copies from remote to local

$ scp user@server:/dir/file.ext dest/

Copies between two servers

$ scp user@server:/file user@server:/dir

Copies from local to remote

$ scp dest/file.ext user@server:/dir

Copies a whole folder

$ scp -r user@server:/dir dest/

Copies all files from a folder

$ scp user@server:/dir/* dest/

Copies from a server folder to the current folder

$ scp user@server:/dir/* .

File Path	Description
/etc/ssh/ssh_config	System-wide config
~/.ssh/config	User-specific config
~/.ssh/id_{type}	Private key
~/.ssh/id_{type}.pub	Public key
~/.ssh/known_hosts	Known Servers
~/.ssh/authorized_keys	Authorized login key

Options	Description
scp -r	Recursively copy entire directories
scp -C	Compresses data
scp -v	Prints verbose info
scp -P 8080	Uses a specific Port
scp -B	Batch mode (Prevents password)
scp -p	Preserves times and modes

Host server1
    HostName 192.168.1.5
    User root
    Port 22
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/server1.key

Launch by alias

$ ssh server1

See: Full Config Options

$ ssh -J proxy_host1 remote_host2

$ ssh -J user@proxy_host1 user@remote_host2

Multiple jumps

$ ssh -J user@proxy_host1:port1,user@proxy_host2:port2 user@remote_host3

$ ssh-copy-id user@server

Copy to alias server

$ ssh-copy-id server1

Copy specific key

$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@server

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your@mail.com"

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-	-	-
	-t	Type of key
	-b	The number of bits in the key
	-C	Provides a new comment

Generate an RSA 4096 bit key with email as a comment

Generate a key interactively

$ ssh-keygen

Specify filename

$ ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/filename

Generate public key from private key

$ ssh-keygen -y -f private.key > public.pub

Change comment

$ ssh-keygen -c -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Change private key passphrase

$ ssh-keygen -p -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa

• rsa
• ed25519
• dsa
• ecdsa

Search from known_hosts

$ ssh-keygen -F <ip/hostname>

Remove from known_hosts

$ ssh-keygen -R <ip/hostname>

• PEM
• PKCS8