# does ansible support ssh signed keys?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-ssh-signed-keys/22729>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 6, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-ssh-signed-keys/22729 "2016-10-06T12:17:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mgogoulos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mgogoulos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mgogoulos)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-ssh-signed-keys/22729/1 "2016-10-06T12:17:02Z")

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Hi all,

ssh supports signed ssh keys by appending ‘-cert.pub’ to private keys . Can I specify this key to ansible, along with the private key?

Thanks,  
Markos

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Totterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Paul\_Totterman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Totterman)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-ssh-signed-keys/22729/2 "2016-10-10T06:34:40Z")

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> ssh supports signed ssh keys by appending ‘-cert.pub’ to private keys . Can I specify this key to ansible, along with the private key?

Connecting with? Or managing? Or what? What is the ansible-specific thing you are looking for?

SSH can be configured to use specific keys using ssh\_config  
Keys signed by certain cert-authorities can be authorized in authorized\_keys

Cheers,  
Paul