Public key as base64 encoded key
If the key is available as a base64 encoded string, it can be also be imported to the database with the following configuration security parameter:
ssh-known-hosts host [ hostname ] key [ key type ] [ base64 encoded key ]
Note: The key type and the base64 encoded key need to be one quoted string.
vyatta@vyatta# set security ssh-known-hosts host 192.168.122.1 key “ssh‐rsa AAAAB3NzaC1y...”