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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring SSH and Telnet
Configuring SSH
Specifying the SSH Public Keys in IETF SECSH Format
You can specify the SSH public keys in IETF SECSH format for user accounts.
To specify the SSH public keys in IETF SECSH format, generate an SSH public key in IETF SCHSH
format, and perform this task:
The following example shows how to specify the SSH public keys in the IETF SECSH format:
switch# copy tftp://10.10.1.1/secsh_file.pub bootflash:secsh_file.pub
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# username User1 sshkey file bootflash:secsh_file.pub
switch(config)# exit
switch# show user-account
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Specifying the SSH Public Keys in PEM-Formatted Public Key Certificate Form
You can specify the SSH public keys in PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form for user accounts.
To specify the SSH public keys in PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form, generate an SSH public
key in PEM-Formatted Public Key Certificate form and perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# copy server-file bootflash:filename
Downloads the file containing the SSH key in
IETF SECSH format from a server. The server
can be FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP.
Step 2
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 3
switch(config)# username username sshkey file
filename
Configures the SSH public key in SSH format.
Step 4
switch(config)# exit
Exits global configuration mode.
Step 5
switch# show user-account
(Optional) Displays the user account
configuration.
Step 6
switch# copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to
the startup configuration.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# copy server-file bootflash:filename
Downloads the file containing the SSH key in
PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form
from a server. The server can be FTP, SCP,
SFTP, or TFTP
Step 2
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 3
switch# show user-account
(Optional) Displays the user account
configuration.
Step 4
switch# copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to
the startup configuration.