Hi Yichi, Try connecting to ssvm using id_rsa instead of id_rsa.cloud
-Sanjeev -----Original Message----- From: Yichi Lu [mailto:yichi...@sungard.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 3:27 AM To: cloudstack Subject: ssh to ssvm When I tried to ssh to ssvm, I was asked for passphrase: [root@xenserver-fpxwzqdr ~]# ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa.cloud -p 3922 root@169.254.2.57 Enter passphrase for key '/root/.ssh/id_rsa.cloud': What did I do wrong? What is the passphrase? Any help is appreciated. Yichi