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Add an SSH key

Save your public key once, and it goes on every server you build from then on.

2 min Updated 7 Nov 2026

An SSH key logs you in without a password. Keys belong to the organisation: add one on SSH keys and every VPS built after that gets it. A dedicated server asks which keys to use when you install it.

Add a key#

Open SSH keys from the side menu.

Live from the portalThe Add a key form on the SSH keys page
  1. 1Public key Paste the file ending .pub, usually ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub.
  2. 2Name Optional. Something to tell your keys apart, such as Work laptop.
  3. 3Add key Saves it for every new server.
  4. 4Don't have a key? Opens the two commands that make one, with copy buttons.

Don't have a key?#

In a terminal, run this and press Enter through the questions:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519

Then print the public half and paste it into the form:

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Your keys#

Live from the portalThe account's SSH keys
  1. 1Fingerprint Matches a key to a computer. Run ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub there and compare.
  2. 2Remove Takes it off the list, so new servers don't get it. Servers that already have it keep it.

To take keys off a running VPS, use Revoke all… on its Access tab: see Add and revoke SSH keys.

Owners, admins and operators can add and remove keys. Viewers see the list only.

VPS Add and revoke SSH keys Put your account's SSH keys on a running server, see which keys it has, and remove every key at once.Dedicated servers Reinstall the operating system Erase the disks and install a fresh operating system on a dedicated server; your addresses stay the same.VPS Log in for the first time Find your server's address, collect the root password once, and connect over SSH.

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