diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/common/files/sshd_config b/ubuntu/roles/common/files/sshd_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a6ce03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ubuntu/roles/common/files/sshd_config
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Package generated configuration file
+# See the sshd_config(5) manpage for details
+
+# 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
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
+UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
+
+# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
+KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
+ServerKeyBits 1024
+
+# Logging
+SyslogFacility AUTH
+LogLevel INFO
+
+# Authentication:
+LoginGraceTime 120
+PermitRootLogin without-password
+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 no
+
+# 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
+
diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/common/handlers/main.yml b/ubuntu/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
index 9395ddd..dc839b4 100644
--- a/ubuntu/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ubuntu/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
   service: name=rsyslog state=restarted
 - name: restart cron
   service: name=cron state=restarted
-
+- name: restart sshd
+  service: name=sshd state=restarted
diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index e6ea912..95b8281 100644
--- a/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@
      - chrony
 - name: Ensure that the periodic APT cron task clears out old kernels and does unattended security upgrades
   copy: src=10periodic dest=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic backup=yes owner=root group=root mode=0644
+- name: Copy our sshd_config over and restart sshd
+  copy: src=sshd_config dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config backup=yes owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  notify:
+  - restart sshd