What you’ll need
A Hivenet account with Compute credits ready
A Debian-, Ubuntu-, Fedora-, or Arch-based distro (others work too)
OpenSSH client (
ssh) installedA terminal emulator
Step 1 – Create your SSH key pair
bashCopyEditssh-keygen -t ed25519
Accept the default path (
/home/<you>/.ssh/id_ed25519).Add a passphrase for extra security.
Tip: Password managers such as 1Password, Bitwarden, and KeePassXC can generate and store SSH keys automatically. If you already rely on one, it’s an easy alternative to the ssh-keygen command.
Step 2 – Find your key files
Open the folder in your file manager:
bashCopyEditxdg-open ~/.ssh
—or browse there manually (Home → .ssh). You should see:
id_ed25519(private)id_ed25519.pub(public)
Step 3 – Add your public key to Hivenet
Copy the public key to your clipboard:
bashCopyEditcat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | xclip -selection clipboard
(If
xclipisn’t installed, just open the file in a text editor and copy.)In Compute with Hivenet, paste the key into SSH key when you spin up an instance.
Important
Share only the .pub key. Keep the private key private.
Step 4 – (Optional) add a quick SSH config
Create or edit ~/.ssh/config:
perlCopyEditHost hivenet HostName <your-instance-id>.ssh.hivecompute.ai User ubuntu IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 # Remove this line if no bastion host is listed ProxyCommand ssh [email protected] %h
Connect with:
bashCopyEditssh hivenet
Troubleshooting
Message | Likely cause & fix |
Permission denied (publickey) | Wrong key or the public key isn’t on the instance. Re-check the key path or re-add the key. |
Connection timed out | Network issue or incorrect |
ssh: command not found | Install the OpenSSH client package ( |
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