Hello All, I am trying to set up following auto backup solution found here - https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iApp.Complete-F5-Automated-Backup-Solution.ashxDescription_1?NS=iApp I have followed everything created the key as documented and I have tested from F5 CLI and I was able to SFTP and SCP without password (I selected the option backup on this f5). However when I use the GUI and select the option SFTP or SCP it requires me to put in "Enter the SSH private key to be used for passwordless authentication" and "Set the remote directory the archive should be copied to" So the question is for SSH private key do I get that from /root/.ssh/id_rsa ? and do I copy paste the entire key? Also for destination does it use "/" or "\". Lastly where is log kept of this iAPP? I have looked almost everything couldnt find it? Please help. Thanks

I have found the logs, and what I can see in there as follows: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password).

The key you are looking for should be /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

Hi Cory, I know where to find the key but how do I copy paste the content of the file in txt box as there is no way for me tell whether entire is has been uploaded there or not. Thanks

You can print to screen the private key using cat. cat /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

Hi Cory, I have done that before I am still getting the same error.... and shouldn't it be the RSA key .... ? Anyway I have used the RSA private key which didnt work ? Any other idea? Thanks

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