Disable strict host key checking in default ssh command

flaupretre · Jul 29, 2022 · e06254a · e06254a
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ But you may need to modify this string if, for instance, you want to:
 
 - specify an absolute path and/or a different name when your SSH client is not in
   your path or has a different name (some use 'openssh')
-- Add options to pass to the SSH command like, '-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
-  to avoid failures on non-registered bastions or '-i \<key>' to specify an
-  alternate private key.
+- Add options to pass to the SSH command like '-i \<key>' to specify an
+  alternate private key to use.
 
 Specifying an alternate SSH command is done by setting the 'ssh_cmd' variable
 to the command with options.

diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ variable "shell_cmd" {
 variable "ssh_cmd" {
   type = string
   description = "Shell command to use to start ssh client"
-  default = "ssh"
+  default = "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
 }
 
 variable "local_host" {