Puppet SSH Module

Module for configuring ssh.

Tested on Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Squeeze and Ubuntu 10.4 LTS and 12.04 LTS with Puppet 2.6 and 2.7. Patches for other operating systems are welcome.

Usage

The ssh::client class installs the ssh client:

include ssh::client

The ssh::server class installs and configures the sshd:

include ssh::server

You can specify the port the sshd should listen to by including the class with this special syntax:

class { "ssh::server":
  port => 20009,
}

You can also restrict access for only certain users:

class { "ssh::server":
  allowed_users => ["uggedal", "manager"],
}

And you can permit root logins (not recommended):

class { "ssh::server":
  permit_root_login => 'yes',
}

To permit root logins could be a serious security issue. In most cases you should use something like sudo instead.

You can use ssh::user to add an authorized ssh key to an existing user for effortless authentication with ssh:

ssh::user { "uggedal":
  key => "a8a7dgf7ad8j13g",
  comment => "uggedal.com",
}