Universal SSH Key Manager

Start by taking control of who can reach your Linux, network, and cloud endpoints. Universal SSH Key Manager (UKM Zero Trust) helps you inventory existing trust relationships in minutes: point it at your fleets, import authorized_keys and known_hosts data, and map keys to real owners via your identity provider. From there, define access policies by team, environment, and device group. Orphaned keys are flagged for removal, local accounts are cleaned up, and baseline rules (TTL, MFA, command restrictions) are applied automatically.\n\nFor day-to-day work, users request access when they need it and only for as long as it’s required. A developer opens the CLI or web portal, selects a target (e.g., prod bastion, Kubernetes node, network switch), picks a time window, and enters a change ticket. Low‑risk requests auto‑approve; sensitive ones route to approvers in chat or email. UKM issues a short‑lived, certificate-based credential and injects it into the user’s SSH agent, so they connect with a single ssh command—no static keys to track. Git over SSH, database tunnels, and container debug shells all use the same flow. Every session is tied to an identity, tagged with context (ticket, purpose), and logged for replay and search.\n\nOperations teams automate hygiene at scale. Schedule rotation of host keys and enforce known_host pinning fleet‑wide. Replace long‑lived service keys with on‑demand certificates: CI pipelines request ephemeral credentials to clone private repos, run migrations, or deploy artifacts, then automatically expire. Integrate with Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes operators to fetch credentials just‑in‑time via API. Use templates to onboard a new vendor: assign a role, bind them to a device group, require MFA, and cap access to business hours. Keep a break‑glass path with strict auditing and immediate post‑use revocation.\n\nCompliance and incident response are built in. Export complete audit trails to your SIEM, link sessions to users and assets, and generate evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI in a click. Run attestation to prove no unmanaged keys exist in critical environments. Simulate policy changes before rollout to catch regressions. When someone leaves, disable their account in your IdP and UKM closes every avenue—cert issuance, sessions, and agent access—within seconds. You get provable least privilege without slowing down delivery.\n