Enabling SSH for Public Key Authentication

This section describes how to enable SSH public key authentication for accessing the device's CLI.

➢ To enable SSH for public key authentication:
1. Open the SSH Settings page (Setup menu > Administration tab > Web & CLI folder > SSH Settings).
2. Configure the following:
a. From the 'Enable SSH Server' drop-down list, select Enable to enable SSH.
b. From the 'Public Key' drop-down list, select Enable to enforce SSH access with a username and SSH public key (not username and password).

c. Click Apply, and then save your settings to flash memory.

For a description of the other SSH parameters shown in the figure above, see SSH Parameters.

To configure IP network interfaces for the SSH application, see Configuring SSH Interfaces.