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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-03-10 22:33:58 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-03-10 23:46:50 +0100
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services: openssh: Add 'generate-host-keys?' field.
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<openssh-configuration>)[generate-host-keys?]: New field. (openssh-activation): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
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@@ -18857,7 +18857,7 @@ This is the configuration record for OpenSSH's @command{sshd}.
@table @asis
@item @code{openssh} (default @var{openssh})
-The Openssh package to use.
+The OpenSSH package to use.
@item @code{pid-file} (default: @code{"/var/run/sshd.pid"})
Name of the file where @command{sshd} writes its PID.
@@ -18978,6 +18978,16 @@ Additional authorized keys can be specified @i{via}
Note that this does @emph{not} interfere with the use of
@file{~/.ssh/authorized_keys}.
+@item @code{generate-host-keys?} (default: @code{#t})
+Whether to generate host key pairs with @command{ssh-keygen -A} under
+@file{/etc/ssh} if there are none.
+
+Generating key pairs takes a few seconds when enough entropy is
+available and is only done once. You might want to turn it off for
+instance in a virtual machine that does not need it because host keys
+are provided in some other way, and where the extra boot time is a
+problem.
+
@item @code{log-level} (default: @code{'info})
This is a symbol specifying the logging level: @code{quiet}, @code{fatal},
@code{error}, @code{info}, @code{verbose}, @code{debug}, etc. See the man