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title: "Using multiple SSH keys"
date: "2025-02-05T23:53:56+00:00"
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**You have three options when it comes to using or adding an additional key.**

*   First option is to update your SSH local config file to include any additional keys with an updated `IdentifyFile` of `/path/to/private.key`  
     
*   Second, is to specify the identify file to use for that one connection.  
      
    Example: `ssh -i /path/to/private.key`  
     
*   Third, you can hold this new key open with an agent by adding an identify to ssh-agent. This way when SSH attempts to connect, it will try all keys loading into your agent.  
      
    Example: `ssh-add /path/to/private.key`