# AWX is not allowing the passphrase to be used in ssh key

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-is-not-allowing-the-passphrase-to-be-used-in-ssh-key/34180>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-is-not-allowing-the-passphrase-to-be-used-in-ssh-key/34180 "2020-11-11T16:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhinit\_Mallick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Abhinit\_Mallick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhinit_Mallick)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-is-not-allowing-the-passphrase-to-be-used-in-ssh-key/34180/1 "2020-11-11T16:03:45Z")

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I am using the latest version of AWX and yet everytime I am trying to setup the ssh key I am getting an error

I can confirm that the ssh key and passphrase is a valid one but it still keeps throwing the same error of " “should not be set when SSH key is not encrypted.”"

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