auberge ssh keygen

Generate an ED25519 SSH key pair for host authentication. Alias: auberge ss k.

auberge ssh keygen [OPTIONS]

Keys are stored in ~/.ssh/identities/{host}/ as {user} (private) and {user}.pub (public), without a passphrase (required for Ansible and backup automation).

Options

Option	Description	Default
-H, --host HOST	Target host	Interactive
-u, --user USER	Key owner (ansible or your username)	ansible
-f, --force	Overwrite existing key	false

Examples

auberge ssh keygen --host myserver
auberge ssh keygen --host myserver --user deploy
auberge ssh keygen --host myserver --force   # rotate key

Gotchas

• Keys are stored in ~/.ssh/identities/{host}/ rather than ~/.ssh/ to avoid clutter and enable per-host/per-user management: ls ~/.ssh/identities/<host> lists a host’s keys, and a host rename is a single mv.
• Use --force to rotate; without it the command refuses to overwrite an existing key.
• After generating, authorize the key on the remote with auberge ssh add-key.