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Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) Version 3.00.00.00 User's Guide

Generating public keys for Linux

To use the ssh-keygen application to create the basic key, open a terminal window and at the shell prompt, enter ssh-keygen –t rsa –b 2048 –C testing
where:
  • -t is rsa.
  • –b specifies the bit encryption size between 2048 and 4096.
  • –C allows modifying the public key comment and is optional.
NOTE The options are case-sensitive.

Follow the instructions. After the command executes, upload the public file.

CAUTION Keys generated from the Linux management station using ssh-keygen are in non-4716 format. Convert the keys into the 4716 format using ssh-keygen -e -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > std_rsa.pub. Do not change the permissions of the key file. The conversion must be done using default permissions.
NOTE iDRAC does not support ssh-agent forward of keys.

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