[Chester LUG] Digitalocean users.. a question

[Stuart Burns]

We woud Mike if it wasn't so friggin' niche and unworkable for the most
part ;)


On 30 July 2015 at 13:42, Michael Crilly <michael at mcrilly.me> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> Consider uses Vagrant for testing and development. It'll run the VM
> locally and cost you nothing.
> On 30 Jul 2015 10:41 pm, "Steve Lilley" <steve.lilley at beebl.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>  I personally feel as safe logging in as root with a key (and 2 factor
>> on DO) then I do logging on with a password as a normal user If that user
>> is setup to sudo anyway. Then again I only use it for test and dev.
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Chester [mailto:chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] *On Behalf
>> Of *Les Pritchard
>> *Sent:* 30 July 2015 13:24
>> *To:* chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Chester LUG] Digitalocean users.. a question
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, I'd agree with Mike on that. If you're creating the VPS manually you
>> could use a temporary password for root, then create a standard user and
>> disable the root.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you can, I'd also recommend locking down SSH to specific IPs or at
>> least ranges.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30 July 2015 at 13:17, Michael Crilly <michael at mcrilly.me> wrote:
>>
>> The initial root login is designed to give you an easy way in so you can
>> configure the system, locking down root login and removing that key from
>> the system (after adding additional users and allowing them to sudo to
>> root.)
>>
>> Think of that initial SSH key as a deployment key - login once with it,
>> then use Ansible to setup your system with new users and various other
>> state.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mike.
>>
>> On 30 Jul 2015 9:50 pm, "Stuart Burns" <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>   Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am just in the process of moving over some sites to DO and I thought I
>> would start using the stored SSH key system you can use when deploying your
>> droplets. It works fine, no issues. Just I dont really feel comfortable
>> logging in as root directly. Years of non root logins make me feel itchy
>> about this.
>>
>>
>>
>> What does everyone else think? (I know you can alter and someone trying
>> to crack a proper PKI implementation may have a long wait!) I was more
>> concerned with it being out the box functionality.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
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