How to Set Up Keys for the ssh-agent

If you are using the ssh-agent, complete this task to copy the keys to the Local Distributors and Remote Agents.

Steps

1. On the Master Server, copy the private key file, ~/.ssh/id_rsa, to a secure media.

   % cp /User-home/.ssh/id_rsa path_to_file/

   User-home is the home directory of the currently logged in user on the Master Server machine. path_to_file/ is the path to the secure media where you want to save the private key file.

2. Delete the private key file from the local file system.

   % rm /User-home/.ssh/id_rsa

3. Copy the public key to each Local Distributor and Remote Agent that you want to set up to use SSH. Save the key in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file.

   % cp /User-home.ssh/id_rsa.pub /User-home-APP/.ssh/authorized_keys2

   User-home is the home directory on the Master Server machine. User-home-APP is the home directory of the currently logged in user on the Local Distributor or the Remote Agent machine.

4. Ensure that the .ssh/ directory and any parent directories are not world writable.

5. Change the permissions for the .ssh/authorized_keys2 file to 600.

6. Edit the following line in the config.properties files on the Master Server and the Local Distributors to enable ssh-agent forwarding.

   Current configuration:

   net.ssh.args=-o|BatchMode yes

   Edit the line to include the -A option:

   net.ssh.args=-o|BatchMode yes|-A