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You will need to save the private key from the **Outputs** tab to a file on your computer, if you want to access the VPN server via SSH.
> **Note:** You may need to format the private key by replacing all spaces with newlines, before saving to a file.
> **Note:** You may need to format the private key by replacing all spaces with newlines, before saving to a file. The file also needs to be set with [proper permission](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connection-prereqs.html#connection-prereqs-private-key) before it can be used by SSH client.
![Show key](show-key.png)
To add proper permissions to your private key file, run the following command under the directory where the file is located:
```bash
sudo chmod 400 my-key-pair.pem
```
As a result, the command to login to your instance should look like:
```bash
$ ssh -i path/to/your/key.pem instance-username@instance-ip-address