[Cialug] Host key -> new system

kristau kristau at gmail.com
Fri Dec 1 04:16:51 UTC 2023


I've not tried this, but it should work as long as you have a copy of the
host keys from the old server. You should just be able to copy them from
the /etc/ssh folder on the old server and on to the new one.

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 3:47 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> One of our ancient OpenBSD systems died yesterday, .. but it would greatly
> simplify the migration if the host key were the same on the new one.
>
> How complicated is it to move the host key (i.e. to allow ssh connections
> to the new host without invalidating the saved host key on the remote
> system) without breaking anything?
>
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