Arista - Add SSH key to a user

Arista - Add SSH key to a user#

Problem#

I want to add an SSH key to my user

Solution#

Starting with a fresh shell logged in as admin.

Template#

localhost>enable
localhost#config
localhost(config)#username <user> sshkey <contents of the public key>
localhost(config)#write memory

Example#

localhost>enable
localhost#config
localhost(config)#username <user> sshkey ssh-rsa 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 Arista SSH Key
localhost(config)#write memory

Related#

• Arista - Create a new user