{"id":24706,"date":"2022-10-25T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=24706"},"modified":"2022-11-22T13:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:02:22","slug":"how-to-configure-room-alert-manager-to-use-an-ssh-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/24706\/how-to-configure-room-alert-manager-to-use-an-ssh-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Configure Room Alert Manager To Use An SSH Key"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Room Alert Manager can perform <a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/24711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Server Command Actions<\/a> using SSH (Secure Shell protocol) key authentication. This FAQ shows you how to configure Room Alert Manager to use an SSH key.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#bcc3cd;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#d6dde7;border-color:#ffffff;color:#305d8c;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;\">\n\n\n\n<p>Room Alert Manager supports the following SSH key encryption types: RSA, Ed25519, and ECDSA. (Other encryption types may also work, but have not been fully tested.)<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If Room Alert Manager&#8217;s host system is not already configured to connect to your target server via SSH key authentication, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/24875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Generate An SSH Key Pair For Use With Room Alert Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save your SSH key configuration in Room Alert Manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol id=\"block-01ac6621-3737-40ec-b85f-dd1f5d072759\"><li>Open Room Alert Manager in your web browser.<ul><li>You may open it by entering \u2018localhost:9393\u2019 or \u2018&lt;IP address of host system&gt;:9393\u2019 in your browser\u2019s address bar. For more information, please see our FAQ,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/19834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Open Room Alert Manager\u2019s Web Interface<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In order to access <em>SSH Key Settings<\/em> in Room Alert Manager, you must log in as an admin-level user.<ul><li>For more information, please see the \u201cTypes of user roles\u201d section of our FAQ,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/20112\/how-to-configure-users-in-room-alert-manager\/#types\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Configure Users In Room Alert Manager<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Settings \u2013&gt; Security <\/strong>in the navigation bar to the left.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"274\" height=\"602\" class=\"wp-image-24974\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_Settings_Security.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_Settings_Security.png 274w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_Settings_Security-137x300.png 137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/li><li>Then go to the <strong>SSH Keys<\/strong> tab.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1103\" height=\"220\" class=\"wp-image-24975\" style=\"width: 425px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Tab.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Tab.png 1103w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Tab-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Tab-1024x204.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Tab-768x153.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1103px) 100vw, 1103px\" \/><\/li><li>Select the <strong>New Key<\/strong> button to open a form where you will save your key configuration.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1328\" height=\"356\" class=\"wp-image-24976\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKey.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKey.png 1328w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKey-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKey-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKey-768x206.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><\/li><li>Give your key a label that will allow you to easily identify it in drop-down menus later.<ul><li>We&#8217;re calling ours &#8220;CRM Servers Key.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In <em>Path<\/em>, enter the full path to the private key.<br>Our key file &#8220;id_rsa&#8221; is located in the .ssh folder of our IT Manager&#8217;s user drive, so we&#8217;ll enter <code>C:\\Users\\IT_Mgr\\.ssh\\id_rsa<\/code><br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1068\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-24977\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm1.png 1068w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm1-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm1-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm1-768x201.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/li><li>If the SSH key is password-protected, select the <em>Password<\/em> checkbox.<ul><li>Select <strong>Change<\/strong>, and then enter the password into the field.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1068\" height=\"327\" class=\"wp-image-24978\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm2.png 1068w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm2-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm2-1024x314.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm2-768x235.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Then select <strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1068\" height=\"327\" class=\"wp-image-24979\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm3.png 1068w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm3-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm3-1024x314.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_NewKeyForm3-768x235.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/li><li>The new key configuration will now appear in the list.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1322\" height=\"348\" class=\"wp-image-24980\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Key_Saved.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Key_Saved.png 1322w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Key_Saved-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Key_Saved-1024x270.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RAM_SSH_Key_Saved-768x202.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1322px) 100vw, 1322px\" \/><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Up next&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve configured Room Alert Manager to use your SSH key, you can associate the key with a server, and set up a Server Command Action. For instructions, pleas see <a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/24711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Configure Server Command Actions In Room Alert Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Room Alert Manager can perform Server Command Actions using SSH (Secure Shell protocol) key authentication. This FAQ shows you how to configure Room Alert Manager to use an SSH key. 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