# Install failed - Container SSH failed to find authorized keys

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-failed-container-ssh-failed-to-find-authorized-keys/359280
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-failed-container-ssh-failed-to-find-authorized-keys/359280 "2025-03-28T12:56:59Z")
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### Author: ![geoff777](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/geoff777/32/202388_2.png) [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-failed-container-ssh-failed-to-find-authorized-keys/359280/1 "2025-03-28T12:56:59Z")

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I’m getting a problem installing discourse.  
Authorized keys not found. I believe this is an legacy way to access a container, no longer needed.

I can comment out the last line of web\_only.yml which works.  
But this is only possible on a second pass after web\_only is populated/created.

By then the install has failed and discourse doctor reports instance not found.

Rebuilding doesn’t make any difference.

Had so many attempts I got temp blocked by Lets Encrypt. OK today.  
I used to do these installs in my sleep ..lol.  
72 hours and nothing but failures.  
Doesn’t seem to be an answer. Catch 22?
