Config::Model::OpenSsh - OpenSSH graphical configuration editor

This module provides a graphical configuration editor for:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

/etc/ssh/ssh_config

~/.ssh/config

Installation

Debian or Ubuntu

As root,type:

sudo aptitude install libconfig-model-openssh-perl

To get the GUI, you should also do:

sudo aptitude install libconfig-model-tkui-perl

On Mac or Windows

The easiest way is to:

• install Perl from ActiveState,

• Run PPM

• Select and install config-model-openssh and config-model-tkui

Other

You can also install these modules from CPAN:

cpanm Config::Model::OpenSsh
cpanm Config::Model::TkUI

Usage

Once this module is installed, you can launch a GUI to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config with:

$ sudo cme edit sshd

If cme fails to load your sshd_config, you can try cme with -force option.

Likewise, you can edit your ~/.ssh/config file with:

$ cme edit ssh

Or to edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config, run as root:

$ sudo cme edit system-ssh

More information

For more information, see:

https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/wiki

config-model-users at lists.sourceforge.net

Installation from git

Config::Model::OpenSsh is built with Dist::Zilla.

Please follow the instructions to build Config::Model with git to install all modules related to Dist::Zilla.

Then, make sure that Config::Model is installed.

On debian or ubuntu, do:

sudo aptitude build-dep libconfig-model-openssh-perl

Then run:

dzil build

If you want to install this software without packaging, you can also run:

dzil install

Update OpenSSH model

To update the model, the easiest way is to use the following command:

$ config-model-edit -model Ssh

or

$ config-model-edit -model Sshd

This command is provided by Config::Model::Itself.

On debian or ubuntu, do:

sudo aptitude install libconfig-model-itself-perl

Then you can explore the configuration elements in the GUI.

For more information on model update, see this wiki page