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Attach an ssh key to an instance. This will allow you to connect to the instance with the ssh key

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Usage

vastai attach ssh instance_id ssh_key

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Arguments

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instance_id
integer
required
id of instance to attach to
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ssh_key
string
required
ssh key to attach to instance

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Description

Attach an ssh key to an instance. This will allow you to connect to the instance with the ssh key.

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Examples

vast attach ssh 12371 AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA...
 vast attach ssh 12371 $(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
 vast attach ssh 12371 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

All examples attaches the ssh key to instance 12371

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Global Options

The following options are available for all commands:
OptionDescription
--url URLServer REST API URL
--retry NRetry limit
--rawOutput machine-readable JSON
--explainVerbose explanation of API calls
--api-key KEYAPI key (defaults to ~/.config/vastai/vast_api_key)