steve's SSHD Port Change
Supports: CentOS 5.9/6.5 with cPanel (pre-installed) (64-bit), 6 (32-bit and 64-bit); Debian 7.0 (32-bit and 64-bit); Ubuntu 12.04 LTS/14.04 LTS (32-bit and 64-bit)
Overview
Configure the Secure Shell Daemon to use a non-default port.
** Please ensure appropriate firewall rules are configured for SSH access
Deploy this script (requires existing VPS)
Environment Parameters
The settings below are requested when deploying the script:
| SSH Port: |
Optional New port to be used for SSH connections |
|---|
Source Code
#!/bin/bash
# <?env name="sshd_port" label="SSH Port" example="New port to be used for SSH connections" default="22" ?>
function configure_ssh_port {
sed -i "s/^Port .*/Port $SSHD_PORT/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
test -e /etc/init.d/ssh && /etc/init.d/ssh restart
test -e /etc/init.d/sshd && /etc/init.d/sshd restart
}
configure_ssh_port
