Supplying a Custom Application Key Pair

Bastillion for EC2 generates its own public/private SSH key upon initial startup for use when registering systems. You can specify a custom SSH key pair in the Bastillion for EC2Config.properties file.

For example:

#set to true to regenerate and import SSH keys  --set to true
resetApplicationSSHKey=true

#SSH Key Type 'dsa' or 'rsa'
sshKeyType=rsa

#private key  --set pvt key
privateKey=/Users/kavanagh/.ssh/id_rsa

#public key  --set pub key
publicKey=/Users/kavanagh/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

#default passphrase  --leave blank if passphrase is empty
defaultSSHPassphrase=myPa$$w0rd

After startup and once the key has been registered it can then be removed from the system. The passphrase and the key paths will be removed from the configuration file.