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Adding an SSH key

Adding your SSH key to the User Portal allows the key to be used on all environments your email has access to in the User Portal. This makes it simple and easy to ensure you have SSH access ready to go when it’s needed for past and future environments.

After your key has been added to the User Portal, the command you must use to connect using SSH will require that you specify the environment name to ensure you enter the appropriate website.

A direct link to the page to add your SSH key to your account can be found at: https://my.wpengine.com/profile/ssh_keys

Or, to access this page manually, use the following steps:

  1. Log in to the User Portal
  2. At the top right, locate your name and click it
  3. Select My Profile
  4. Click SSH Keys
  5. Click New SSH Key
  6. Paste your Public Key into the field
    • To view the key contents, run cat ~/.ssh/wpengine_ed25519.pub
  7. Click Add SSH Key

Once your SSH key is added it can be used for all environments to which your WP Engine User Portal user also has access. If you cannot see the environment in the User Portal, you cannot access it using SSH.

Source: https://wpengine.com/support/ssh-gateway/#Add_SSH_Key