Enable SSH Cisco IOS

Requirements:

Device is available on the network, IP address is assigned for one of it’s interface: link

conf t
enter into configuration mode
hostname r1
must setup a hostname for the device because of SSH key generation
ip domain-name itminutes.com
setup the FQDN which will consume the pre-setup hostname
crypto key generate rsa modulus 2048
key setup
ip ssh time-out 120
ip ssh version 2
ip scp server enable
login block-for 300 attempts 4 within 120
login delay 2
login on-failure log
login on-success log
username admin privilege 15 secret 0 cisco
aaa new-model
aaa authentication login default local-case
aaa authorization exec default local if-authenticated

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