--- title: How do you manage SSH keys? | daily.dev description: A community discussion on SSH key management practices, covering strategies like one key per device vs. per host vs. per context, storage options (1Password,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-manage-ssh-keys--esdnrsm2k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How do you manage SSH keys? | daily.dev og:description: A community discussion on SSH key management practices, covering strategies like one key per device vs. per host vs. per context, storage options (1Password,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-manage-ssh-keys--esdnrsm2k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eSdNRSM2K.png og:image:alt: How do you manage SSH keys? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How do you manage SSH keys? **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A community discussion on SSH key management practices, covering strategies like one key per device vs. per host vs. per context, storage options (1Password, KeePassXC, Bitwarden, YubiKeys, Secure Enclave via Secretive), and tooling choices (ssh-agent, gpg-agent, Tailscale SSH). Participants share real-world setups including YubiKey-backed keys with offline backups, hardware security keys as SSH certificate authorities, and using ~/.ssh/config with IdentitiesOnly for compartmentalization. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-manage-ssh-keys--esdnrsm2k) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How do you manage SSH keys?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-manage-ssh-keys--esdnrsm2k","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-manage-ssh-keys--esdnrsm2k"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T21:52:39.945Z","dateModified":"2026-03-12T21:52:57.299Z","description":"A community discussion on SSH key management practices, covering strategies like one key per device vs. per host vs. per context, storage options (1Password,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-manage-ssh-keys--esdnrsm2k","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,ssh","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How do you manage SSH keys?"}]} ```