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How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?

Ideally i want a simple script to run on every new server I work with. Any suggestions?

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I suggest you don't sync SSH keys. That's just increasing the blast radius of any one of those machines being compromised.

[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Right. Use some kind of centralized authentication like freeipa.

For bash aliases, I just pull down a .bashrc from github gists.

[–] PHLAK@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

OP should just generate a unique SSH key per device (+ user).

[–] dm_me_your_feet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I d rather have 2 to 3 (for critical, mid, and test systems) ssh keys that are regularly rotated than 1 key per machine. I m not gonna balance 50 ssh keys; neither enter my password every time i jump hosts.

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