You will need to create a SSH keyfile so that you can authenticate with this server in a secure fashion. You need to execute this as the ubuntu user, do not use sudo for the ssh-keygen command. You may name this key anything you want by replacing “My key for My Atavism Server” below.
| ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “My key for My Atavism Server” sudo cat /home/ubuntu/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub >> /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys sudo su websiteuser ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “My key for My Atavism Server” cat /home/websiteuser/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub >> /home/websiteuser/.ssh/authorized_keys exit sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config |
*Note if your adding a remote webserver, wait to disable this until after doing so for ease of setup.
Change the following settings to these values
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no
PubkeyAuthentication yes
PermitRootLogin no
UsePAM no
Add the following into the file at the bottom and save the file.
| AuthorizedKeysFile /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/websiteuser/.ssh/authorized_keys |
Execute the following command to restart your SSH service.
| sudo service ssh restart |
Using WinSCP, browse to the folder /home/ubuntu/.ssh/ and download the keys to your local machine.
