Step by Step guide to the configurations of iQSonar and SSH Keys. iQSonar supports SSH Keys in OpenSSH format for authentication.
Create your SSH Key file
On Linux/Unix machine:
The command to generate an ssh key file is "ssh-keygen". Used without any parameters it will usually generate an SSH2 version RSA key. Additional options are available. See "man ssh-keygen (FreeBSD version)" for more details.
On a Windows computer you will probably be using either PuTTY or BitviseSSH clients, and they each have their own way to generate a set of public and private key. You may need to take an extra step to export the private key in OpenSSH format.
For example, with PuttyGen, after you have created your key, choose the "Conversions" menu and select Export OpenSSH Key (Force New Format) - this is the key you will use in iQSonar.
Target Server
Locate the .ssh directory for the user you will use to scan the target server (If the directory doesn't exist for that user it will need to be created)
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- Set Credential Type to Unix Linux
- Select SSH Key
- Insert your Private Key, including the Begin RSA Private Key and End RSA Private Key lines (in the above example, this is the id_rsa file).
- Save and Close
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The SSH Key is treated like a password and can't be retrieved from the UI once saved
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