# Two-container and authorized\_keys?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-container-and-authorized-keys/352048
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** two-container
**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-container-and-authorized-keys/352048 "2025-02-13T08:36:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-container-and-authorized-keys/352048/1 "2025-02-13T08:36:00Z")
In the end of `web_only.yml` is this line:
`awk -F\# '{print $1;}' ~/.ssh/authorized_keys | awk 'BEGIN { print "Authorized SSH keys for this container:"; } NF>=2 {print $NF;}'`
What is the meaning of it? I’m just wondering because I’ve never created any SSH-keys (and won’t until I have to rsync something between two VPS).
I get this:
`cannot open file '/root/.ssh/authorized_keys' for reading: No such file or directory`
That is a legit notice, because I don’t have that. But should I have? And if yes, how would ”SSH key for a container” differ from a server? Should I then treat that container as a independent server, create normally there SSH-key and use those normal way as one do between two servers?
Everything works just fine, though. But that bugs me because I don’t understand 😂
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-container-and-authorized-keys/352048/2 "2025-02-13T10:25:24Z")
You can delete that line. A long time ago it was convenient or required to ssh into a container instead of doing `docker exec` or `launcher enter`. I’ve never done it or seen anyone do it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-container-and-authorized-keys/352048/3 "2025-03-15T10:26:15Z")
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