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How we can do rsa key exchange for jenkins, remote server for scp(ec2)?

Please guide how can i do RSA (private,public key) exchange for authentication for Jenkins build processes.

Solution

  • Make passwordless authentication from Jenkins server user to Remote machine user.

    • step 1: Generate Key_pair in Jenkins Server

      $ssh-keygen

    • step 2: Create a ~/.ssh directory on the Remote server and set the mode as 600

    • step 3: Copy content of ~/.ssh/id-rsa.pub on Jenkins server to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

    • step 4: Try the below command from Jenkins Server

      $ssh remote_server_user@remote_server_ip