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Linux: Regenerate sshd host keys

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Hi,

to generate sshd host keys, for example in case of cloning a virtual linux instance, do the following steps:

Checkout the key file names

root@debdevt:~# grep HostKey /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key

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