# recovering (machine) ssh key/passwd

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/recovering-machine-ssh-key-passwd/30079>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recovering-machine-ssh-key-passwd/30079 "2019-04-08T20:24:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmakovey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@dmakovey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dmakovey)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recovering-machine-ssh-key-passwd/30079/1 "2019-04-08T20:24:28Z")

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Hi, I have a situation where one of the Machine Keys needs to be used  
outside of tower, however backup copy of that key is lost. Is there a  
way to recover Machine key with it's password from AWX?