# How to ssh into a host

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [September 13, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461 "2015-09-13T14:45:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@ebishop](https://forums.suse.com/u/ebishop)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461/1 "2015-09-13T14:45:01Z")

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I created some hosts with Rancher, but now I need to be able to access the hosts to change the Docker config to support things like insecure registry.

So I downloaded the machine config, which was a named like a \*.tar.gz, but was really just a tar. Was this on purpose?.

Anyway there a bunch of files in there, but I need a keypair. I tried the one in the config file, but I don’t know the pass phrase and really, I don’t know the username.

Please, advise.

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**Author:** ![denise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@denise](https://forums.suse.com/u/denise)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461/2 "2015-09-14T04:09:57Z")

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This part of the docs should help.

[http://docs.rancher.com/rancher/v1.2/en/hosts/#accessing-hosts-from-the-cloud-providers](http://docs.rancher.com/rancher/v1.2/en/hosts/#accessing-hosts-from-the-cloud-providers)

Note: `root` may be different based on what OS you launch. For example, for RancherOS, it’s usually `rancher`.

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**Author:** ![nlhkh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@nlhkh](https://forums.suse.com/u/nlhkh)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461/3 "2016-09-30T18:30:40Z")

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**Author:** ![nlhkh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@nlhkh](https://forums.suse.com/u/nlhkh)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461/4 "2016-09-30T18:43:39Z")

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This can help [How to SSH into RancherOS instances created in AWS via the UI](http://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-rancheros-instances-created-in-aws-via-the-ui/131/2)

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**Author:** ![denise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@denise](https://forums.suse.com/u/denise)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461/5 "2016-10-10T18:23:21Z")

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I updated the link @nlhkh

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**Author:** ![mediatainment](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/mediatainment/32/1804_2.png) [@mediatainment](https://forums.suse.com/u/mediatainment)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-ssh-into-a-host/461/6 "2018-03-16T08:44:37Z")

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someone wrote a brew formula to do that from your own computer:

> **[GitHub - fangli/rancherssh: Native SSH Client for Rancher Containers, provided...](https://github.com/fangli/rancherssh)**
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> Native SSH Client for Rancher Containers, provided a powerful native terminal to manage your docker containers - GitHub - fangli/rancherssh: Native SSH Client for Rancher Containers, provided a pow...