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title: Remote Login to the Virtual Traffic Manager
slug: ps/help/en_us/vtm/userguide/remote-login-to-the-virtual-traffic-manager
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createdAt: 2026-08-02T07:48:41.642Z
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To access the Virtual Traffic Manager virtual appliance or cloud instance command line, use SSH. Use the credentials of a user in the "admin" group, or any other group with "Appliance Console" permissions enabled. For more information, see [Permission Groups](docId\:lk5CvKvL8O7hutKPeTIF4).

Users who login with appropriate credentials have root access to the Virtual Traffic Manager instance, and the home directory is set to /root.

To configure password-less logins using SSH public/private key identification, use the SSH configuration directory on the Virtual Traffic Manager: /root/.ssh. To restrict SSH access to password-less logins, use the settings in **System > Security > SSH Server** in the Admin UI.