aws-ec2-ssh

Manage AWS EC2 SSH access with IAM

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Manage AWS EC2 SSH access with IAM

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Are you on AWS? If not, probably skip this. The other answer about AWS Systems Manager is good. I recommend it. Other way is piggybacked off of AWS IAM and CodeDeploy[0]. Users…

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irjustin·Aug 14, 2020Recommendation phrase

Are you on AWS? If not, probably skip this. The other answer about AWS Systems Manager is good. I recommend it. Other way is piggybacked off of AWS IAM and CodeDeploy[0]. Users load their personal keys into CodeDeploy and you manage them through IAM. Every container/SSH machine syncs keys from CodeDeploy every 10 minutes (whatever you set the cron to). Lastly, you can connect EC2 Instance Connect[1] [0] https://github.com/widdix/aws-ec2-ssh [1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Connect-...

In Ask HN: What do you use for SSH key management of teams?

ilogik·Jun 28, 2019

that also isn't new: https://github.com/widdix/aws-ec2-ssh This will lookup your username in AWS iAM, and if it has the right permissions, it creates an account and copies the public ssh key associated with that user.

In EC2 Instance Connect

rtisdale·Aug 29, 2018

I know most of the people here are generally senior so might not be engaging in this sort of thing. If you are sharing credentials though, the article might be useful read for you. I also mention a great tool by the guys over at Widdix for utilizing IAM CodeCommit Public Keys for EC2 server access. It's hacky but it's clever and works pretty well. https://github.com/widdix/aws-ec2-ssh

In Basic Security for the Operations Impaired: Stop Sharing Credentials

mjh__·May 12, 2017

In our new stuff at aws we are storing public SSH keys in IAM and using a slightly modified version of https://github.com/widdix/aws-ec2-ssh to authenticate / synchronise users. So far it looks like it ticks all boxes for us.

In Ask HN: How do you manage SSH keys and SSL certificates in your company?