--- title: Install SSH Host Vault on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of SSH Host Vault for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Encrypted SSH host vault with groups, snippets & port forwards url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ssh-host-vault/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install SSH Host Vault on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # SSH Host Vault [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)") * [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)") * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/ssh-host-vault/rhel#install) #### Encrypted SSH host vault with groups, snippets & port forwards SSH Host Vault is a Linux alternative to Termius for organising SSH hosts. Disclaimer: This project is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Termius Corporation. What it really does: • Encrypted vault: hosts, passwords/key passphrases, snippets and port-forward rules are stored in one file encrypted with ChaCha20-Poly1305 (RFC 8439, pure-Python implementation verified against the RFC test vectors); the key is derived from your master password with scrypt (N=2^15, r=8, p=1). Encrypted export / import with a separate password. • Host groups and tags, search, TCP/banner reachability test with measured ms. • Import concrete Host entries (incl. Include, LocalForward/DynamicForward) from your real ~/.ssh/config. • Connect: launches the real OpenSSH `ssh` client in a pseudo-terminal shown in a built-in VT100 terminal (basic, no colours). Stored passwords / passphrases are typed automatically at the prompt. • Snippets: run commands on a host over ssh and see the output. • Port forwarding rules (-L / -R / -D) started as real ssh processes. • known\_hosts viewer for ~/.ssh/known\_hosts with SHA256 fingerprints, hashed-entry lookup, ssh-keyscan and trust-on-confirm. Snap notes: reading ~/.ssh (config, keys, known\_hosts) needs the ssh-keys interface: `sudo snap connect ssh-host-vault:ssh-keys`. Inside the snap ~/.ssh is read-only, so newly accepted host keys are written to the app's own known\_hosts file. The built-in terminal is a VT100 subset; complex full-screen programs may render imperfectly (use "Copy ssh command" for your terminal). Support development: ### Package name * ssh-host-vault --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * Yesterday - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b") --- ### Contact * [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/ssh-host-vault/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about ssh-host-vault ›](https://snapcraft.io/ssh-host-vault) ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install SSH Host Vault Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward. The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below. The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command: ``` sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm ``` Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended: ``` sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" sudo yum update ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again or restart your system to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install SSH Host Vault To install SSH Host Vault, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install ssh-host-vault ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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