# How to Avoid Managing SSH Keys with Short-Lived SSH Certificates

DevFeed: [How to Avoid Managing SSH Keys with Short-Lived SSH Certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-manage-ssh-keys-29872.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/ssh-key-management/>)

Author: ev@goteleport.com (Ev Kontsevoy)

Published: 2018-02-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [OpenSSH](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssh.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [remote access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-access.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [private key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-key.md>), [public key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/public-key.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [private-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-key.md>), [public-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public-key.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why managing long-lived SSH keys can become complex and difficult to scale, and presents short-lived SSH certificates as an alternative for remote access.

## Source excerpt

How to avoid managing SSH keys and switch to short-lived SSH certificates.