---
title: "Sign in to scale group nodes"
description: "Sign in to E2E scale group nodes over SSH with the saved image's key, or on Access Console as root with the image's root password."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "auto-scaling"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/sign-in-to-a-node/"
topic: ["operate"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/create-a-scale-group/"]}
---

# Sign in to scale group nodes

Scale group nodes keep the SSH keys and the root password saved with the image. Sign in to them
the way you signed in to the node you saved the image from: over SSH with its key, or on
**Access Console** as root with its root password.

## Before you begin

- The scale group reads **Running**, **Scaling**, or **Cooldown**, the states in which its
  **Active Node Details** tab is available.
- The saved image holds the SSH key and the root password you want to use. To add a key to the node
  you save the image from, see
  [Add an SSH key to a node](/myaccount/node/how-to/add-an-ssh-key-to-a-node/).
- For SSH, one of the scale group's security groups allows inbound TCP port 22 from your address. Add
  the rule, or attach a security group that has it. See
  [Manage a scale group's network and security groups](/myaccount/auto-scaling/how-to/manage-network-and-security-groups/#change-the-security-groups).
- For **Access Console**, your role in the current project has the update permission for Auto
  Scaling.

## Find the node's address

In MyAccount, under **Compute**, click **Auto Scaling**, click your scale group, and open its
**Active Node Details** tab. It lists each node with its **Scale Node Name**, **Public IP**, and
**Private IP**. Connect to the **Public IP**. If a node shows **N/A** under **Public IP**, connect
to its **Private IP** from inside the scale group's private network.

## Sign in over SSH

Connect with the private key that matches a key saved in the image, where `<key-file>` is that
private key, `<user>` the user you signed in as on the node you saved the image from, and `<node-ip>` the node's address:

```bash
ssh -i <key-file> <user>@<node-ip>
```

For more on SSH, see [Connect to a Linux node](/myaccount/node/how-to/connect-to-a-linux-node/).

A new node may get the public IP of a node the scale group removed earlier. If SSH then
warns that the remote host identification has changed, remove the old entry for that address, and
connect again:

```bash
ssh-keygen -R <node-ip>
```

## Sign in on Access Console

1. On **Active Node Details**, open the node's menu, and click **Access Console**. It is available
   whatever the node's status.
2. The node's console opens in a new window and asks for a login. Sign in as root with the saved
   image's root password.

You are now signed in to the node. If sign-in fails, see
[SSH to a new node fails](/myaccount/auto-scaling/troubleshooting/auto-scaling/#ssh-to-a-new-node-fails).