Adding SSH keys to the SAN File System cluster

This topic describes how to store your SSH keys on the metadata server engines in the SAN File System cluster from the master console.

Before using this procedure, you should have generated the key pair using the procedure in Generating an SSH key pair using PuTTY.

You can optionally choose to use private/public keys when communicating with the SAN File System metadata servers. Perform the following steps to store SSH keys on the metadata server engines in the SAN File System cluster:

  1. Secure copy these public keys from the master console to the cluster.
    1. Open a DOS command prompt on the master console.
    1. Run pscp to copy a file to a metadata server engine.
      pscp.exe target_key_file userID@engine_IP_address:/home/user/source_key_file 
      where:
      • target_key_file is the name and location of the key file on the master console.
      • source_key_file is the name of the key file.
  2. After copying the file, you will need to append the key file to one of the following files:
    • If you created an RSA key, append it to the file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys.
    • If you created a DSA key, append it to the file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys2.
Note: You will need to perform these steps on all metadata server engines in the SAN File System cluster.

Parent topic: Configuring a default PuTTY session

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