Navigate to “Key Management” under the “Access & Security” section.

If you have an SSH key or even multiple ssh keys already you can simply hit the “Add” button. Give the key a name, and then paste your existing public key into the field. SSH keys always start with ssh-rsa and are then followed by a long series of characters. At this point you can also add the private key, but this is optional.

You can also generate a key pair by clicking “Generate”. Again you can give the key a name, and then if you click save you will have a new key pair available to use.

You can download the private key and the public key with the buttons at the top. You can create as many keys as you need and of course, you can remove keys you don’t need.

Now you’ve created the new SSH key, you can attach it to a VM. To do this, navigate to the “Compute” section and select the VM you wish to attach the new key. Now click on the SSH tab and click the “Attach” button.

If we hadn’t created the key earlier, we can actually generate or add a new key using the buttons on the right. Either way, it is a very simple process.

It’s important to note that adding an SSH key disables password access allowing us to SSH into the new server in a secure way. You can also add multiple SSH keys to a VM, which is useful when you have a team of people working on a particular VM.