# Help with ssh keys

**URL:** <https://forum.alta.inc/t/help-with-ssh-keys/356>\
**Category:** Access Points\
**Tags:** ap6-pro\
**Created:** [June 17, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/help-with-ssh-keys/356 "2023-06-17T21:49:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![pcAltuser](https://forum.alta.inc/user_avatar/forum.alta.inc/pcaltuser/32/2082_2.png) [@pcAltuser](https://forum.alta.inc/u/pcAltuser)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/help-with-ssh-keys/356/5 "2023-07-24T19:28:22Z")

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As I came across this post after reaching some failures, I wanted to at least share my experience.

At this time of this writing, it appears that ssh key is limited to a simple RSA keygen.

I tried using ed25519 but that failed.  
I tried using rsa -b 4096 but that also failed.

I did not even tried to make a comment as part of the ssh keygen.

Using POP!\_OS 22.04 LTS, I used the following commands:  
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f id\_rsa-ap6pro-simple-first

If you use an .ssh/config, you can add this entry:  
Host appro6  
Host appro6.mydomain.tls  
User root  
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id\_rsa-ap6pro-simple-first

hope this helps…

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