SSH Keys: Root Access to Your Server

Who can log in to your server over SSH

SSH access to your server

SSH Keys lists the public keys that may log in to your server as root over SSH, and adds or removes them. Use it to give yourself, or a developer, access from their own computer.

Where: Servers › My Servers › your server › System › SSH Keys. Shown to the owner of the server.

01 · Add a key

  1. Click + Add Key.
  2. In Key Name/Comment, type a name that tells you whose key it is, for example anna@laptop.
  3. In Public Key, paste the whole public key. It starts with ssh-ed25519, ssh-rsa or similar.
  4. Click Add Key. The owner of that key can now log in as root.
Paste the public key only (the .pub file). The private key never leaves its owner's computer.

02 · The list

  • SSH Authorized Keys (root) shows every key in the server's /root/.ssh/authorized_keys: its name and its type and key text.
  • Keys added from this page carry a badge with the Opensolr name, so you can tell them from keys added another way.
  • Click the trash icon to remove a key. You confirm first; its owner loses access at once.
  • Refresh Keys reads the list again from the server.

No SSH client at hand? The Terminal tab gives you the same root shell in the browser. Whether SSH can be reached from outside also depends on your firewall.

System menu

Need more help? Check the error logs or contact support.

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