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Tag: SSH keys
How to use AWS Secrets Manager to securely store and rotate SSH key pairs
August 31, 2021: AWS KMS is replacing the term customer master key (CMK) with AWS KMS key and KMS key. The concept has not changed. To prevent breaking changes, AWS KMS is keeping some variations of this term. More info. October 4, 2019: We’ve updated the estimated solution cost for accuracy. AWS Secrets Manager provides […]
Rotate Amazon RDS database credentials automatically with AWS Secrets Manager
August 31, 2021: AWS KMS is replacing the term customer master key (CMK) with AWS KMS key and KMS key. The concept has not changed. To prevent breaking changes, AWS KMS is keeping some variations of this term. More info. Recently, we launched AWS Secrets Manager, a service that makes it easier to rotate, manage, […]
Securely Connect to Linux Instances Running in a Private Amazon VPC
Updated May 21, 2014: Clarified that for the Mac, the private key is stored in memory and the passphrase in the keychain. Important note: You should enable SSH agent forwarding with caution. When you set up agent forwarding, a socket file is created on the forwarding host, which is the mechanism by which the key […]