dropbearkey

Generate SSH keys in Dropbear format. More information: <https://manned.org/dropbearkey.1>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/dropbearkey.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install dropbear
Ubuntu
apt-get install dropbear
Alpine
apk add dropbear
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S dropbear
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install dropbear-bin
Fedora
dnf install dropbear
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dropbear
OS X
brew install dropbear
Raspbian
apt-get install dropbear
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/dropbearkey
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/dropbearkey dropbearkey powered by Commando

Generate SSH keys in Dropbear format. More information: <https://manned.org/dropbearkey.1>.

  • Generate an SSH key of [t]ype ed25519 and write it to key [f]ile:
    dropbearkey -t ed25519 -f path/to/key_file
  • Generate an SSH key of [t]ype ecdsa and write it to key [f]ile:
    dropbearkey -t ecdsa -f path/to/key_file
  • Generate an SSH key of [t]ype RSA with 4096-bit key [s]ize and write it to key [f]ile:
    dropbearkey -t rsa -s 4096 -f path/to/key_file
  • Print the private key fingerprint and public key in key [f]ile:
    dropbearkey -y -f path/to/key_file

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