How to Fix “Warning: Remote Host Identification Has Changed”

Some time ago I upgraded the OS on one of my servers, then when I tried to access the server, it said “Warning: Remote Host Identification Has Changed”. Yes, it happened because I upgraded the OS. In short, the host key on the server has changed after we upgrade / reinstall the OS. For that, here’s how to fix “Warning: Remote Host Identification Has Changed”:

#The first way, delete the key we have with ssh-keygen

we can immediately delete the key with

ssh-keygen -R [ipServer or domainName.server]

example :

ssh-keygen -R 192.168.10.10
ssh-keygen -R lukems.com

#Second Way, Remove manual keys in ~/.ssh/known_hosts

Enter the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file with your favorite editor, then go to the line where the server key you want to delete is located, then delete it.

#hird way, just delete the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file 😆

This last method can be said to be the most extreme, just type rm -f ~/.ssh/known_hosts and all the keys you have will be erased. My advice, do this third method if you only have 1 key.

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Next, if you have done one of the three methods, try remote ssh access to your server again, more or less it will be like this, type yes:

Now there are no more warning messages. That’s how to fix “Warning: Remote Host Identification Has Changed” that I know. Hopefully useful, Thank you ^^,