> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.strongdm.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.strongdm.com/references/cli/ssh.md).

# sdm ssh

```shell
NAME:
   sdm ssh - connect to an SSH server

USAGE:
   sdm ssh command [command options] <name>

COMMANDS:
   pubkey  print an SSH server public key
   play    replay an SSH session
   dump    dump a session into disk and BSD script compatible format
   alias   show the configuration necessary to run SDM SSH mode in the shell
   split   extract all SSH sessions from a log file
   config  generate an ssh_config file

OPTIONS:
   --help, -h  show help
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Some versions of particular Linux distributions include changed requirements for a higher key size than OpenSSH requires and the StrongDM driver provides. In this case, you can still connect to StrongDM SSH resources by adding the `RSAMinSize` or `RequiredRSASize` parameter (whichever is used in your distro).

```bash
sdm ssh <target-host> -o RSAMinSize=1024
```

{% endhint %}


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