# How to Deploy SSH Certificates Securely in Production

DevFeed: [How to Deploy SSH Certificates Securely in Production](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ssh-certificates-security-hardening-29865.md>)

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

Author: sasha@goteleport.com (Alexander Klizhentas)

Published: 2021-02-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [public key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/public-key.md>), [private key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-key.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [hardening](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardening.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [private-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-key.md>), [public-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public-key.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains SSH public-key authentication, SSH certificates, and the key-management challenges involved in securely deploying certificate-based authentication in production. It emphasizes that poorly implemented certificate systems can be less secure than public-key authentication.

## Source excerpt

How to deploy SSH certificates in production to make security better, not worse.