SSH Key

When you run PMM Server as a virtual machine (AMI or OVF), you can upload your public SSH key to access the server via SSH and manage or troubleshoot it directly.

Configure SSH access

To configure SSH access:

1. Enter your public key in the SSH Key field.
2. Click Apply SSH Key.

This adds the key to the virtual machine so you can connect to your PMM Server instance via SSH.

For more information on virtual machine deployments, see virtual appliance index.md.

Connect via SSH

Once your public key is configured, you can connect to your PMM Server using SSH:

Using SSH with a private key

Connect to your PMM Server using the admin user and your private key:

ssh -i your-private-key admin@<pmm-server-ip>

where:

• your-private-key is the path to your private key file (can be .pem, .key, or no extension)
• <pmm-server-ip> is your PMM Server’s IP address or hostname
• The username is always admin for PMM virtual machine deployments

Examples

AWS EC2 instanceLocal virtual applianceUsing default SSH key

ssh -i ~/keys/my-aws-key.pem admin@ec2-203-0-113-42.compute-1.amazonaws.com

ssh -i ~/.ssh/pmm_key admin@192.168.1.100

If your private key is in the default location (~/.ssh/id_rsa or ~/.ssh/id_ed25519), you can omit the -i flag:

ssh admin@<pmm-server-ip>