[2024-feb-29] Sad news: Eric Layton aka Nocturnal Slacker aka vtel57 passed away on Feb 26th, shortly after hospitalization. He was one of our Wiki's most prominent admins. He will be missed.
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A quick word about security. | A quick word about security. | ||
- | - Upload a public key to the account you'll use to access your instance, e.g. with ssh-copy-id. | + | - Upload a public key to the account you'll use to access your instance, e.g. with [[https:// |
- | - Ensure that ssh is configured to only use key access (PermitRootLogin=prohibit-password), | + | - Ensure that ssh is configured to only use key access ([[https:// |
- Reboot and ensure you still have access using your private key. | - Reboot and ensure you still have access using your private key. | ||
- Double-check that you cannot login using the password that would normally work on the VM console for your user. | - Double-check that you cannot login using the password that would normally work on the VM console for your user. |