knowledge/Configure ssh keys in Mikrotik.md

tags
tutorial, network, mikrotik, ssh, security

Configure ssh keys in Mikrotik

# Create a dummy file
/file print file=dummyFile
# Set its content to the public key
/file set dummyFile.txt contents="ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA7QEcjRkbBWpwE7zIShobue9aEGyVObVHDLhK"
# Assign public key to user
/user ssh-keys import public-key-file=dummyFile.txt user=admin

Change the public key, and user accordingly

What led to learning this

After having troubles with a mikrotik router I had to reconfigure it from scratch (didn't have a backup :sad:), and in the process the router got hacked, which pushed me to improve security measures