How to recreate SSH Host Keys?

How to force recreation of the SSH host keys after the next boot of the appliance?

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Reply 1 2009-11-25

SSH keys are regenerated either during installation (ISO), or on firstboot (VM/EC2) using this script:

/usr/lib/live-installer.d/20regen-sshkeys

Note that the SSH daemon needs to be restarted for changes to take effect:

/etc/init.d/ssh restart

Reply 2 2009-11-25

Thanks for your reply.