# Stash Latest (2.12) : SSH user keys for personal use

Created and last modified by pwatson on Mar 24, 2014

Note that:

- Stash supports DSA and RSA2 key types – RSA1 is not supported.
- A Stash user can add any number of keys to their account.
- You can use the same SSH access key for multiple repositories or projects.
- Keys used for personal user accounts can't be re-used as a project or repository access key, and keys used as a project or repository access key can't be re-used for user accounts.

#### Add an SSH key to your Stash account

1. On Windows, in your command prompt, change directory to your .ssh directory, and copy the public key file to your clipboard by running:

   Windows

       cd %userprofile%/.ssh
       clip < id_rsa.pub

   On Mac OS X or Linux simply run the following in a terminal:

   Mac OS X

       pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

   Note that on Linux, you may need to download and install xclip, then use that, as shown in this code snippet:

   Linux

       sudo apt-get install xclip
       xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

2. In Stash, go to your account:

3. Click on SSH keys and then Add key.
4. Paste the key into the text box:
5. Click Add key. You're done!

#### Use SSH keys to connect to Stash repositories

SSH access needs to have been set up, as described above. Once this is done, you can use SSH keys as follows:

1. Go to Projects, click a project, and choose a repository from the list.
2. Click Clone at the top right to see the clone URLs for the repository.
3. Choose the clone URL you want to use. SSH is available if you have already added an SSH key to your account. If you haven't done that yet, see Add an SSH key to your Stash account, above.

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