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title: Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector SSH Private Key Credentials form reference
description: Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector uses the SSH private key credential to connect with the Linux server on which Terraform Open Source is running.
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# Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector SSH Private Key Credentials form reference

Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector uses the SSH private key credential to connect with the Linux server on which Terraform Open Source is running.

The Linux server supports the following authentication modes:

-   Authentication with username and password.
-   Authentication using the private key only.
-   Authentication using the private key and SSH passphrase.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name|Name of the credential.|
|Username|SSH username of the Linux server on which Terraform is running.|
|Password|SSH password of the Linux server on which Terraform is running.|
|SSH passphrase|SSH passphrase of the Linux server on which Terraform is running.|
|SSH private key|SSH private key of the Linux server on which Terraform is running.|

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