9.4.2.4. Using the virtctl ssh command

Prerequisites

• You installed the virtctl command-line tool.
• You added a public SSH key to the VM.
• You have an SSH client installed.
• The environment where you installed the virtctl tool has the cluster permissions required to access the VM. For example, you ran oc login or you set the KUBECONFIG environment variable.

Procedure

• Run the virtctl ssh command:

  $ virtctl -n <namespace> ssh <username>@example-vm -i <ssh_key> 

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  Specify the namespace, user name, and the SSH private key. The default SSH key location is /home/user/.ssh. If you save the key in a different location, you must specify the path.

  Example

  $ virtctl -n my-namespace ssh cloud-user@example-vm -i my-key