How to handle ssh host key verification with 2 different hosts on the same (but changing) IP address? [closed]

Answer 1

I think this will work:

Create a config file in your .ssh directory as follows:

Host server1
  Hostname x1.example.com
  HostKeyAlias server1
  CheckHostIP no
  Port 22001
  User karl

Host server2
  Hostname x2.example.com
  HostKeyAlias server2
  CheckHostIP no
  Port 22002
  User karl

Explanation Below (from man ssh_config)

CheckHostIP

If this flag is set to "yes", ssh(1) will additionally check the host IP address in the known_hosts file. This allows ssh to detect if a host key changed due to DNS spoofing. If the option is set to "no", the check will not be executed. The default is "yes".

HostKeyAlias

Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the real host name when looking up or saving the host key in the host key database files. This option is useful for tunneling SSH connections or for multiple servers running on a single host.

The Username and Port line avoids you having to give those options on the command line, too, so you can just use:

% ssh server1
% ssh server2