Store and load SSH keys in KeePass

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:03:41 +0200

I learned about this KeePass feature way too late. With KeePass you can store and load your SSH keys in a secure and encrypted way. No more worrying about your SSH private key being exposed or accessed on your local machine.

KeePass can communicate with the SSH agent. It is a feature that needs to be enabled:

Open KeePass and navigate to Tools > Settings
Select SSH Agent on the sidebar and click Enable SSH Agent integration

You should get a notice SSH Agent connection is working!.

Lets store the SSH private key in KeePass:

Open your KeePass database and create a new entry
Define a custom title such as SSH Key $YOURNAME
If the SSH private key is encrypted, store its password
Then open the Advanced section and upload your SSH private key as attachment:

Now open the SSH Agent section and under Private key select attachment
Select your key file

Now everything is ready to load the SSH private key with the agent.

Ensure that the .ssh folder does not contain any key
Open KeePass and right click the SSH key entry
Click Add key to SSH agent
Open the command line and test the SSH connection with ssh -T git@github.com

You can customize the behaviour of the SSH Agent plugin in many ways. For example you can automatically load s specific SSH key if the database unlocked.

Install MySQL

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:14:46 +0000

This post is part of my Your own Virtual Private Server hosting solution project.
Get the latest version of this article here: https://gist.github.com/9392658.

Introduction

MySQL is the world’s most popular open source database system.

Requirements

Ubuntu server

Installation

Install MySQL server

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Set the mysql root user password during the installation

Install the default MySQL databases

sudo mysql_install_db

Run the finisher script and respond except for the first prompt with yes in order to get a secure MySQL installation

sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Connect to your new MySQL server

mysql -uroot -p

Enter the root password

And run this command to get the MySQL version

SHOW variables LIKE "%version%";

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