Multiple sshd instances

Hello,

I am trying to automate pushing code from dev to prod. I currently
have sshd running with password auth and I cannot interrupt that
service. My initial thought was to setup another sshd instance with
key auth only to automate pushing code live. Is this possible? If so,
are there any good docs online that could help with this? Are there
any better solutions?

I am running the latest RHEL with all of the latest patches, etc...

Thank you in advance.

Jim

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