Cleared out static parts of config since it was causing issues

openssh/files/sshd_config

@@ -18,126 +18,3 @@
         {%- endfor %}
     {%- endif %}
 {%- endfor %}
-
-# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
-#Port 22
-# Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind to
-#ListenAddress ::
-#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
-#Protocol 2
-# HostKeys for protocol version 2
-#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
-#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
-#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
-#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
-#UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
-
-# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
-#KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
-#ServerKeyBits 768
-
-# Logging
-#SyslogFacility AUTH
-#LogLevel INFO
-
-# Authentication:
-#LoginGraceTime 120
-#PermitRootLogin yes
-#StrictModes yes
-
-#RSAAuthentication yes
-#PubkeyAuthentication yes
-#AuthorizedKeysFile	%h/.ssh/authorized_keys
-
-# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
-#IgnoreRhosts yes
-# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
-#RhostsRSAAuthentication no
-# similar for protocol version 2
-#HostbasedAuthentication no
-# Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for RhostsRSAAuthentication
-#IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
-
-# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
-#PermitEmptyPasswords no
-
-# Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
-# some PAM modules and threads)
-#ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
-
-# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
-#PasswordAuthentication yes
-
-# Kerberos options
-#KerberosAuthentication no
-#KerberosGetAFSToken no
-#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
-#KerberosTicketCleanup yes
-
-# GSSAPI options
-#GSSAPIAuthentication no
-#GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes
-
-#X11Forwarding yes
-#X11DisplayOffset 10
-#PrintMotd no
-#PrintLastLog yes
-#TCPKeepAlive yes
-#UseLogin no
-
-#MaxStartups 10:30:60
-#Banner /etc/issue.net
-
-# Allow client to pass locale environment variables
-#AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
-
-#Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
-
-# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,
-# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will
-# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
-# PasswordAuthentication.  Depending on your PAM configuration,
-# PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass
-# the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password".
-# If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without
-# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication
-# and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'.
-UsePAM yes
-
-#AllowAgentForwarding yes
-#AllowTcpForwarding yes
-#GatewayPorts no
-X11Forwarding yes
-#X11DisplayOffset 10
-#X11UseLocalhost yes
-PrintMotd no # pam does that
-#PrintLastLog yes
-#TCPKeepAlive yes
-#UseLogin no
-{% if grains['os_family'] == 'RedHat' %}
-UsePrivilegeSeparation yes              # RedHat/Centos 6.4 and earlier currently ship 5.3 (sandbox introduced in OpenSSH 5.9)
-{% else %}
-UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox		# Default for new installations.
-{% endif %}
-#PermitUserEnvironment no
-#Compression delayed
-#ClientAliveInterval 0
-#ClientAliveCountMax 3
-#UseDNS yes
-#PidFile /run/sshd.pid
-#MaxStartups 10:30:100
-#PermitTunnel no
-#ChrootDirectory none
-#VersionAddendum none
-
-# no default banner path
-Banner /etc/ssh/banner
-
-# override default of no subsystems
-Subsystem	sftp	/usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
-
-# Example of overriding settings on a per-user basis
-#Match User anoncvs
-#	X11Forwarding no
-#	AllowTcpForwarding no
-#	ForceCommand cvs server

pillar.example

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ sshd_config:
   LogLevel: INFO
   LoginGraceTime: 120
   PermitRootLogin: yes
+  PasswordAuthentication: no
   StrictModes: yes
   RSAAuthentication: yes
   PubkeyAuthentication: yes