OpenSSL::SSH
This gem introduces OpenSSL::PKey::SSH
class with the ability to parse OpenSSH format public keys and return a correct OpenSSL::PKey
type object. This is a convenience class used to parse the specific format of the OpenSSH public key.
Private OpenSSH key strings are forwarderd without modification to OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new
and OpenSSL::Pkey::DSA.new
respectively.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'openssl-ssh'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install openssl-ssh
Usage
require 'openssl/ssh'
OpenSSL::PKey::SSH.new File.read('/path/to/openssh/public.key')
# <OpenSSL::PKey::RSA:0x00007fb93f9f8788>
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/aladac/openssl-ssh.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Credits
This is almost entirely a refactored and gem packaged variation of a gist by @tombh