`scp` - OpenSSH secure file copy

scp [-r] [-q] SOURCE... TARGET

Options you will use

host:path: a remote path; relative paths start in the remote home directory
-q: no progress meter
-P PORT: Port on the remote host (capital P - ssh uses -p).
-i FILE: The private key to use.
-o OPTION: An ssh_config option.
-p: Preserve modification times and modes.
-C: Compress.
-J JUMP: Go through a jump host.

Examples

$ scp cp-1:.kube/config ~/.kube/config

copy the admin kubeconfig to oncall-lab (after copying it to your home on cp-1)

Gotchas

scp runs as you on the remote side: root-only files like /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf give "Permission denied" - copy with sudo to your home there first.

Taught in

17.43 Users are certificates: the CSR flow end to end

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