From: Patrick Vogelaar <patrick.vogelaar.dev@mailbox.org>
To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
Cc: antonin.godard@bootlin.com, paul@pbarker.dev,
Patrick Vogelaar <patrick.vogelaar.dev@mailbox.org>
Subject: [PATCH] document the OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR and OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR_READONLY_CONFIG variable
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:18:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205211834.12440-1-patrick.vogelaar.dev@mailbox.org> (raw)
Added by commit addd80ddfd89 ("openssh: add variable for key path") in OE-Core.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Vogelaar <patrick.vogelaar.dev@mailbox.org>
---
documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-6.0.rst | 8 ++++++++
documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-6.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-6.0.rst
index 13ce28b3b..c6e5b5a1f 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-6.0.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-6.0.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
- New variables:
+ - The :term:`OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR_READONLY_CONFIG` variable can be used to
+ specify the directory where OpenSSH host keys are stored when the device
+ uses a read-only filesystem. The default value is ``/var/run/ssh``.
+
+ - The :term:`OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR` variable can be used to specify the
+ directory where OpenSSH host keys are stored. The default value is
+ ``/etc/ssh``.
+
- Kernel-related changes:
- New core recipes:
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 4d8a35473..00fbc52a6 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -6481,6 +6481,14 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
default by setting the variable in a custom distribution
configuration file.
+ :term:`OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR`
+ Specifies the directory where OpenSSH host keys are stored. Default
+ is ``/etc/ssh``.
+
+ :term:`OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR_READONLY_CONFIG`
+ Specifies the directory where OpenSSH host keys are stored when the
+ device uses a read-only filesystem. Default is ``/var/run/ssh``.
+
:term:`OPKG_MAKE_INDEX_EXTRA_PARAMS`
Specifies extra parameters for the ``opkg-make-index`` command.
--
2.43.0
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2026-02-05 21:18 Patrick Vogelaar [this message]
2026-02-13 9:06 ` [PATCH] document the OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR and OPENSSH_HOST_KEY_DIR_READONLY_CONFIG variable Antonin Godard
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