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SSH Certificate Management with Akeyless

Issue short-lived SSH certificates via Akeyless to replace static authorized_keys

45 minutes
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Lab Overview

In this lab you will replace traditional SSH authorized_keys management with Akeyless SSH certificate issuance. You will create a Certificate Authority key in Akeyless, configure the SSH target server to trust that CA, and issue short-lived SSH certificates that grant time-limited access without ever adding a key to authorized_keys. This approach scales to thousands of servers without manual key distribution and provides complete audit visibility into every login.

What You'll Learn

Create an RSA Certificate Authority key in Akeyless

Configure a target SSH server to trust the Akeyless CA

Issue short-lived SSH certificates on demand

Connect to a remote server using a certificate instead of authorized_keys

Observe certificate expiry and re-issue as needed

Review the Akeyless audit log for certificate issuance events

Prerequisites

Akeyless account with API Key access credentials

Basic familiarity with SSH key concepts

Technologies Covered

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