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yc compute ssh

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at January 27, 2026

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.

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  • Connecting via the Yandex Cloud CLI

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