Hass.io asuswrt configuration issue with ssh

Configuration
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I am running Hass.io on a RPi 3B+. Trying to configure the AsusWRT device tracker. AsusWRT router is an Asus RT-N66U running AsusWRT Merlin v380.70 (the last supported version for its model.

Here is my configuration.yaml:

device_tracker:
  - platform: asuswrt
    host: 192.168.1.1
    username: admin
    ssh_key: /config/.ssh/asus_key

When I ssh from the router itself, it works just fine (although the first time after a reboot, it requires confirming the host key):
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But when home_assistant starts up, I get one of two errors. If it’s the first time starting after I reboot, I get a message that the file /root/.ssh/known_hosts does not exist. I understand that this is because Hass.io runs as a docker, so every reboot the /root/ files are reset and known_hosts are remove. How do I make it so that known_hosts persists through a reboot? Or is there a workaround I don’t know about?

Once I get the known_hosts file back in place, I get this error:

asyncssh.misc.DisconnectError: Disconnect Error: No matching key exchange algorithm found

I generally understand this has to do with the public/private key exchange between hosts, but when I ssh from the console, it works just fine. Every potential fix I’ve found revolves around adjusting /etc/ssh/ssh_config, but that file doesn’t persist, so a change there wouldn’t be helpful.

Can anybody help?

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Have you tried it with password instead of key just to be sure if works?

3

Yup I’ve tried with password as well, same error as before. Sorry, should have mentioned that.

4

Not sure it’s related, but check this anyway :grinning:

5

On 380.69 my settings look like this and it works fine, I only use password though…

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device_tracker:
  - platform: asuswrt
    host: <router_IP>
    username: <router_username>
    password: <router_password>
    consider_home: 30
    new_device_defaults:
      track_new_devices: False