A super simple ssh server for testing purposes.

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README.md

ssh-testserver

A super simple ssh server for testing purposes.

For login you can use either the root password 'insecure' or the static private key under ssh/id_rsa

usage

Simple Shell Command:

sudo docker run --rm thomass/ssh-testserver cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa > testkey
chmod 0600 testkey
sudo docker run -d --name ssh-testserver -p 22:22 thomass/ssh-testserver
ssh -i testkey root@localhost

Gitlab CI example with password:

test:
  services:
    - name: thomass/ssh-testserver
      alias: ssh-server
  stage: test
  image: thomass/ssh
  script:
    - sshpass -p insecure ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" root@ssh-server date

Gitlab CI example with private key:

test:privatekey:
  stage: test
  image: "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}"
  services:
    - name: thomass/ssh-testserver
      alias: ssh-server
  script: ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" root@ssh-server date
  variables:
    SSH_KEY: |
            -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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            -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----