diff --git a/infra/static-vultr/ansible/files/ssh.conf b/infra/static-vultr/ansible/files/ssh.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a147f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/static-vultr/ansible/files/ssh.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+PermitRootLogin yes
+
+Include /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/*.conf
+
+#Port 22
+#AddressFamily any
+#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
+#ListenAddress ::
+
+SyslogFacility AUTH
+LogLevel INFO
+
+# Authentication:
+
+LoginGraceTime 1m
+PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
+StrictModes yes
+MaxAuthTries 6
+MaxSessions 3
+
+#PubkeyAuthentication yes
+
+# Expect .ssh/authorized_keys2 to be disregarded by default in future.
+#AuthorizedKeysFile	.ssh/authorized_keys .ssh/authorized_keys2
+
+#AuthorizedPrincipalsFile none
+
+#AuthorizedKeysCommand none
+#AuthorizedKeysCommandUser nobody
+
+# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
+#HostbasedAuthentication no
+# Change to yes if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for
+# HostbasedAuthentication
+#IgnoreUserKnownHosts no
+# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
+#IgnoreRhosts yes
+
+# To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
+PasswordAuthentication no
+PermitEmptyPasswords no
+
+# Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
+# some PAM modules and threads)
+KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
+
+UsePAM yes
+
+#AllowAgentForwarding yes
+#AllowTcpForwarding yes
+#GatewayPorts no
+X11Forwarding no
+#X11DisplayOffset 10
+#X11UseLocalhost yes
+#PermitTTY yes
+
+PrintMotd no
+
+#PrintLastLog yes
+#TCPKeepAlive yes
+#PermitUserEnvironment no
+#Compression delayed
+#ClientAliveInterval 0
+#ClientAliveCountMax 3
+#UseDNS no
+#PidFile /run/sshd.pid
+#MaxStartups 10:30:100
+#PermitTunnel no
+#ChrootDirectory none
+#VersionAddendum none
+
+# no default banner path
+#Banner none
+
+# Allow client to pass locale environment variables
+AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
+
+# override default of no subsystems
+Subsystem	sftp	/usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
+
+# Example of overriding settings on a per-user basis
+#Match User anoncvs
+#	X11Forwarding no
+#	AllowTcpForwarding no
+#	PermitTTY no
+#	ForceCommand cvs server
diff --git a/infra/static-vultr/ansible/playbooks/harden.yml b/infra/static-vultr/ansible/playbooks/harden.yml
index 9f61a5d..c019362 100644
--- a/infra/static-vultr/ansible/playbooks/harden.yml
+++ b/infra/static-vultr/ansible/playbooks/harden.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
   tasks:
     - name: Setup UFW
       import_tasks: ../tasks/ufw-setup.yml
+    - name: Harden ssh configuration
+      import_tasks: ../tasks/ssh.yml
 
diff --git a/infra/static-vultr/ansible/tasks/ssh.yml b/infra/static-vultr/ansible/tasks/ssh.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6802530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/static-vultr/ansible/tasks/ssh.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- name: Harden the SSH configuration
+  copy:
+    src: ../files/ssh.conf
+    dest: /etc/sshd_config
+    mode: 644
+