How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?

Ideally i want a simple script to run on every new server I work with. Any suggestions?

  • @wmassingham
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    21 year ago

    Right. Use some kind of centralized authentication like freeipa.

    For bash aliases, I just pull down a .bashrc from github gists.

    • PHLAK
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      101 year ago

      OP should just generate a unique SSH key per device (+ user).

      • Muddybulldog
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        41 year ago

        Agreed. I’ve probably got 100 keys registered with GitHub and 98 of them the private key is long destroyed due to OS reinstalls or whatnot. Format machine, new key. New machine, new key.

        • PHLAK
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          11 year ago

          FYI: You can remove the old keys from GitHub.

      • @dm_me_your_feet
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        21 year ago

        I d rather have 2 to 3 (for critical, mid, and test systems) ssh keys that are regularly rotated than 1 key per machine. I m not gonna balance 50 ssh keys; neither enter my password every time i jump hosts.

    • mFatOP
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      11 year ago

      Is the url is easy to rember?