Multi SSH Key Manager

This tool intends to simplify creation, storage, removal and installation of per user per hostname SSH keys.

The only setup required is to add the following to the top of your SSH config ~/.ssh/config

Host *
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/rsa/%h/%r

Alias

Rather than having to cd to the repo and type out ./ssh-manager.sh it's way easier to add an alias:

alias ssh-manage="/path/to/repo/ssh-manager.sh $@"

Create A New Key

To create a new key or replace an existing one use the following:

./ssh-manager.sh create [email protected]

There are a couple of additional parameters create can take:

-p|--password	Whether the key should use a pass phrase, it will be prompted for (default: false)
-c|--comment	A plain text comment to be included in the key
-b|--bits		The bit size of the key (default: 4096)
-t|--type		The type of key to create (default: rsa)

List All Your Keys

To list all the keys we're currently tracking use:

./ssh-manager.sh list

If you want to also see the absolute paths to the keys use --paths

Flags

When you list out your keys there are a number of flags that can be assigned against each key:

• [PRV] The private key is present
• [PUB] The public key is present
• [SYM] This key is a symlink to another key

Remove A Key

To remove a key you can use:

./ssh-manager.sh remove [email protected]

There are a couple of options for how to remove the key. The default is to use shred that will securely delete the key but there are other options, use the -d or --remove-with flag with one of the following values:

• rm
• shred
• shred100

Authorise A Key

Use authorise to copy one of your public keys to the server:

./ssh-manager.sh authorise [email protected]

Fingerprint

Get the finger print of a public key by using:

./ssh-manager.sh fingerprint [email protected]

Copy

Copies a users public key to the XClipboard so it can be easily pasted somewhere, for example GitHub.

./ssh-manager.sh copy [email protected]