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title: SSH through Wrangler is now enabled by default for Containers
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May 12, 2026

## SSH through Wrangler is now enabled by default for Containers

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SSH through Wrangler is now enabled by default for [Containers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/). Previously, you had to set `ssh.enabled` to `true` in your Container configuration before you could connect.

This change does not expose any publicly accessible ports on your Container. The SSH service is reachable only through [`wrangler containers ssh`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/commands/containers/#containers-ssh), which authenticates against your Cloudflare account. You also need to add an `ssh-ed25519` public key to `authorized_keys` before anyone can connect, so enabling SSH alone does not grant access.

To connect, add a public key to your Container configuration and run `wrangler containers ssh <INSTANCE_ID>`:

```jsonc
{
	"containers": [
		{
			"authorized_keys": [
				{
					"name": "<NAME>",
					"public_key": "<YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY_HERE>",
				},
			],
		},
	],
}
```

```toml
[[containers]]
[[containers.authorized_keys]]
name = "<NAME>"
public_key = "<YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY_HERE>"
```

To disable SSH, set `ssh.enabled` to `false` in your Container configuration:

```jsonc
{
	"containers": [
		{
			"ssh": {
				"enabled": false,
			},
		},
	],
}
```

```toml
[[containers]]
[containers.ssh]
enabled = false
```

For more information, refer to the [SSH documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/guides/ssh/).

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