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yc compute ssh

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at December 2, 2024

Connect to instance. By default uses any available ip address

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc compute ssh <group>

Command TreeCommand Tree

  • yc compute ssh certificate — Manage certificates
    • yc compute ssh certificate export — Export certificate

FlagsFlags

Flag Description
--id string
Target instance id
--name string
Target instance name
--login string
Specifies the user to log in as on the remote machine. If not specified the certificate is issued to a default OS Login profile.
--internal-address Connect to instance via internal address.
--public-address Connect to instance via public address.
-i,--identity-file string
Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read. If not specified a new ssh certificate is issued.

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag Description
--profile string
Set the custom configuration file.
--debug Debug logging.
--debug-grpc Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.
--no-user-output Disable printing user intended output to stderr.
--retry int
Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.
--cloud-id string
Set the ID of the cloud to use.
--folder-id string
Set the ID of the folder to use.
--folder-name string
Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).
--endpoint string
Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).
--token string
Set the OAuth token to use.
--impersonate-service-account-id string
Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.
--no-browser Disable opening browser for authentication.
--format string
Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.
--jq string
Query to select values from the response using jq syntax
-h,--help Display help for the command.

ExamplesExamples

  • Disabling access via OS Login
  • Connecting via the Yandex Cloud CLI

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