# Installing the SSH key for backups

Category: [Dedicated servers / VPS](https://dev.cloudvip.com/en/faq/dedicated-servers-vps.md)
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Keywords: ssh, backup

If you have subscribed to the backup option, the backup server's SSH key must be installed.

Connect to your server via SSH as root or as a regular user.

If you are logged in directly as root, which is not recommended, you do not need to do anything.

If you are logged in as a regular user, temporarily switch to root using the “su root” command.

Once you are root, run this command:

wget -O - https://dl.storybel.net/ssh/backup/install.sh | bash

You can close the root session with “exit”. The SSH key is now installed.