# \[PB-28128\] As password administrator I would like to store the private keys for SSH servers **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Created:** [April 2, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512 "2018-04-02T03:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ssssaaamm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@ssssaaamm](https://community.passbolt.com/u/ssssaaamm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/1 "2018-04-02T03:59:53Z")
**Q1. What is the problem that you are trying to solve?** Save the keys for Linux Servers. When we have SSH credentials we have not a way to store its corresponding private key **Q2 - Who is impacted?** All the system administrators. **Q3 - Why is it important and/or urgent?** Of course, I have houndreds of SSH credentials and a half of them has SSH private key. **Q4 - What is your proposed solution? (optional)** - add a field to attach a file in order to put the private key **Q5. Community support** People can vote for this idea to show traction: _Poll ([view on site](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![vertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@vertigo](https://community.passbolt.com/u/vertigo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/2 "2018-08-01T10:19:41Z")
Fantastic Feature… Anyone concerned with security and using Passbolt would most likely be using SSH Keys instead of passwords for terminal server access. +1 from me ---
**Author:** ![tobias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tobias](https://community.passbolt.com/u/tobias)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/3 "2019-02-04T07:19:57Z")
Great Feature. +1 from me ---
**Author:** ![dromaniuk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/dromaniuk/32/402_2.png) [@dromaniuk](https://community.passbolt.com/u/dromaniuk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/4 "2019-02-18T14:16:33Z")
+1 I’d also like to store my SSH keys safely. ---
**Author:** ![programster](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/programster/32/345_2.png) [@programster](https://community.passbolt.com/u/programster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/5 "2019-10-07T13:16:18Z")
A huge +1 from me! Could be as easy as being able to attach a file (doesn’t have to be SSH key specific). ---
**Author:** ![Felix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/felix/32/549_2.png) [@Felix](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Felix)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/6 "2019-11-10T16:24:18Z")
+1 Also handy for pgp private keys ---
**Author:** ![concadaniele](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/concadaniele/32/612_2.png) [@concadaniele](https://community.passbolt.com/u/concadaniele)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/7 "2020-02-25T23:02:48Z")
+1 it’s a feature that would raise the level of Passbolt ---
**Author:** ![Felix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/felix/32/549_2.png) [@Felix](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Felix)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/8 "2020-04-03T05:02:23Z")
Perhaps as a simple solution the password-field itself should be extended by accepting newlines and more then 4096 chars. Uploading files is also nice (QR-codes, …), but perhaps for certs we can keep it more simple. ---
**Author:** ![Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Tim](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Tim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/9 "2020-08-25T19:49:28Z")
This would be a great feature. I now use the password field to store my private keys but I would prefer a textarea with multiple lines to make it more readable. Also I would like to have the passwords separated from SSH keys, like a directory or something. I manage quite some servers and every one of them has its own key. It would make my life easier. Love for Passbolt. ---
**Author:** ![Caspar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/caspar/32/781_2.png) [@Caspar](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Caspar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/10 "2021-01-11T12:54:30Z")
This is something I would like to see as well. ---
**Author:** ![poorni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@poorni](https://community.passbolt.com/u/poorni)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/11 "2021-01-20T06:24:08Z")
+1 Good feature to be added ---
**Author:** ![sonickyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@sonickyu](https://community.passbolt.com/u/sonickyu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/12 "2021-08-31T02:26:50Z")
That would make using passbolt as a solution. +1 ---
**Author:** ![satanasdiabolo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/satanasdiabolo/32/5799_2.png) [@satanasdiabolo](https://community.passbolt.com/u/satanasdiabolo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/13 "2021-09-03T07:06:01Z")
Great Feature so I give a +1. ---
**Author:** ![max](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/max/32/1528_2.png) [@max](https://community.passbolt.com/u/max)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/14 "2021-09-03T12:59:30Z")
Please note that since the version 3, there is encrypted description, so ssh keys can stored in the description: [Passbolt Help | Our House](https://help.passbolt.com/releases/ce/v300-our-house) ---
**Author:** ![melen80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@melen80](https://community.passbolt.com/u/melen80)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/17 "2022-02-04T10:56:01Z")
> [@max](#): > > so ssh keys can stored in the description: [Passbolt Help | Our House](https://help.passbolt.com/releases/ce/v300-our-house) this solution is workable in case of SSH keys which can be copy pasted in an encrypted field and you don’t have multiple files, however in some cases a file attachment or multiple ones are required. See [https://community.passbolt.com/t/as-a-user-i-can-create-resources-with-encrypted-file-attachement/74](https://community.passbolt.com/t/as-a-user-i-can-create-resources-with-encrypted-file-attachement/74) ---
**Author:** ![vlad](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/vlad/32/1456_2.png) [@vlad](https://community.passbolt.com/u/vlad)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/18 "2022-08-30T07:46:45Z")
It would be a very useful feature. Currently, we store ssh keys in description, which is not ideal. ---
**Author:** ![midnightfapper](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/midnightfapper/32/3022_2.png) [@midnightfapper](https://community.passbolt.com/u/midnightfapper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/pb-28128-as-password-administrator-i-would-like-to-store-the-private-keys-for-ssh-servers/512/19 "2023-08-17T05:20:29Z")
this functionality would be GREATLY appreciated, and would substantially increase the appeal of PB. one less application/service to manage, reduces employee training, and kills two cats with one stone. we’d be willing to pay extra for the functionality.