# Can't add ssh key

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/cant-add-ssh-key/11574>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [April 1, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/cant-add-ssh-key/11574 "2017-04-01T00:49:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tylerwaitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tylerwaitt](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/tylerwaitt)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/cant-add-ssh-key/11574/1 "2017-04-01T00:49:57Z")

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Hiya! I’m trying to add a SSH key to my project and after I click Add, it returns with a “Failed” message. I generated a key with…

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your\_email@example.com"

and tried just this too…

ssh-keygen

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![mikeschinkel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/mikeschinkel/32/16453_2.png) [@mikeschinkel](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/mikeschinkel)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/cant-add-ssh-key/11574/2 "2017-07-24T05:21:08Z")

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It fails if you provided a passphrase for your key.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/cant-add-ssh-key/11574/3 "2018-06-18T11:34:38Z")

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