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- `username` the user account to be added to the ssh allowed users.
- `ssh_port` the port number to be enabled for ssh (default: 2222)
+- `ssh_private_key` pre-generated Ed25519 host private key, unique per host. Generate with:
+ `ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f host_key -C '' -N ''`
+- `ssh_public_key` matching pre-generated Ed25519 host public key
## Internals
- ensure that ssh packages is installed and enabled
-- configure ssh host keys
+- deploy pre-generated ssh host keys (stable across reprovision/reimage, no key regeneration on each setup)
- configure ssh defaults
- disable keyboard interactive authentication
- disable PAM authentication