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# Create and use SSH key dashboard entry

Remote Desktop Manager's ***SSH key dashboard*** entries allow users to easily edit ***authorized\_keys*** files on remote machines, which is required to use public SSH keys.

Related topics:

* [SSH key](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/concepts/intermediate-concepts/ssh-key/)
* [SSH key agent manager](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/commands/tools/key-agent-manager/)
* [SSH key generator](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/commands/tools/ssh-key/)

### Configuration

1. Create a new entry, and select ***SSH key dashboard*** under ***Remote management***.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4120_2024_3.png)

2. Enter a ***Name***, choose a ***Folder***, and set a ***Host*** along with its credentials. Click on ***Add***.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4121_2024_3.png)

### Usage

On top of providing a list of all the SSH keys contained in the host files, ***SSH key dashboard*** entries allow users to ***Create***, ***Edit***, ***Delete***, ***Enable***, ***Disable***, import specific SSH keys from local files or retrieve them from linked vaults.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4123_2024_3.png)

SSH key dashboards can also be accessed as remote tools from the ***Macros/Scripts/Tools*** tab in ***SSH Terminal***, ***SSH Tunnel***, and ***SSH port forward*** entries.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW4122_2024_3.png)

### See also

* [Devolutions Academy – Manage authorized keys with SSH Key dashboard entry](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/activity/2641873-manage-authorized-keys-with-ssh-key-dashboard-entry)


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