# Stash Latest : Setting up SSH

This page last changed on Sep 12, 2012 by pwatson.

You can use SSH keys to establish a secure connection between your computer and Stash for when you are performing Git operations. Stash supports DSA and RSA2 key types. RSA1 is not supported. A Stash user can add any number of keys to their account. Before you can do this, however, the following must have already been done: you need to have added your SSH key to Stash, either on Windows, or on Linux and Mac OS X. your Stash administrator must have already enabled SSH access, on Stash. Once you have SSH access set up, using it is easy! | Related pages: Setting up SSH on Windows Setting up SSH on Linux and Mac Enabling SSH access to Git repositories in Stash

Using SSH to access your repositories:

1. SSH access needs to be set up, as described above. Once this is done, you can use SSH access as follows:
2. Go to Projects, choose a project, click Repositories, and then choose a repository.
3. At the top right, you'll see the clone URLs for the repository.
4. Choose the clone URL you want to use. SSH is available if you have already added an SSH key to your profile. If you haven't done that yet, click Add an SSH key. See Setting up SSH on Windows or Setting up SSH on Linux and Mac for details.

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