redpanda-data / redpanda-data/connect
ssh: no common algorithm for host key
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Description
System info
OS
Windows (Windows Server 2022 Datacenter)
redpanda-connect version
4.89.1
Description
I wanted to update my old benthos version to the latest redpanda-connect but it seems there is an issue when connecting via SSH.
My input config:
input:
label: <redacted>
sftp:
address: <redacted>
credentials:
username: <redacted>
password: <redacted>
host_public_key: <redacted>
paths: [/*/*.xml]
codec: all-bytes
watcher:
enabled: true
minimum_age: 1m
poll_interval: 10m
cache: ftpcache_nats
For the host_public_key I used the result of ssh-keyscan -p 22 <redacted>.
But my processing log shows:
time="2026-04-27T10:29:06Z" level=error msg="Failed to connect to sftp: connecting to SFTP server: ssh: handshake failed: ssh: no common algorithm for host key; we offered: [ssh-rsa], peer offered: [rsa-sha2-512 rsa-sha2-256]" @service=benthos label=cedris_ftp path=root.input
Additional information
I can connect to the SFTP server via WinSCP just fine.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the SFTP connection from the provided configuration on Windows, then trace the SSH handshake algorithm negotiation that reports the offered host-key algorithms. Compare the configured host_public_key and the server's rsa-sha2-512/rsa-sha2-256 offers. Done means the connection succeeds without weakening host-key verification.
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Assessment
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- networking
- Issue type
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