# how is the SSH key added to balenaCloud used?

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**Created:** [January 21, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-is-the-ssh-key-added-to-balenacloud-used/351019 "2022-01-21T11:35:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mehalter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@mehalter](https://forums.balena.io/u/mehalter)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-is-the-ssh-key-added-to-balenacloud-used/351019/2 "2022-01-21T16:09:37Z")

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These SSH keys allow you to SSH into a production device through the Balena VPN. This is done with the balena CLI by running `balena ssh <device-uuid>`. Any public SSH keys added to Balena Cloud can then be used to authenticate your login to the specified device. The `<device-uuid>` can be found using `balena devices`. Also `balena ssh` also allows you to specify a container to ssh into as well with `balena ssh <device-uuid> <container-name>`.

Let me know if you have any other questions about this information!

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