# Setup up SSH key in Ansible tower

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-up-ssh-key-in-ansible-tower/24351>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 28, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-up-ssh-key-in-ansible-tower/24351 "2017-04-28T13:12:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ishan\_jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@ishan\_jain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ishan_jain)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-up-ssh-key-in-ansible-tower/24351/1 "2017-04-28T13:12:33Z")

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Hi all,

I am checking out Ansible tower and since i have a trial license, not sure if this is the right place to ask. Maybe we have a lot of tower users here.

So the thing is i got into my admin account and trying to setup a few basic things, and i just cannot setup the ‘credentials’ for my hosts. I have my SSH key file which i use to connect to my remote linux machine. When i try to enter the contents of this key in the ‘Private key’ field when i try to setup credentials, i get the error - Invalid certificate or key: …  
I have tried every possible combination, but i just can’t get past this step. Need some assistance here.

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-up-ssh-key-in-ansible-tower/24351/2 "2017-04-28T13:41:45Z")

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