RunPod over SSH

Add a RunPod GPU pod to your SSH configuration, then select it as a compute target in the OpenResearch app.

1. Add your SSH key

In the RunPod dashboard, open Settings > SSH public keys and add your computer's public key. RunPod applies it to new pods.

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

2. Get the connection details

Open the pod's Connect tab and copy the SSH over exposed TCP hostname and port.

Important: Use the exposed TCP connection, not the ssh.runpod.io proxy.

3. Add an SSH alias

Add the pod to ~/.ssh/config using the hostname and port from RunPod:

Host runpod-gpu
  HostName <hostname>
  User root
  Port <port>
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

ssh runpod-gpu

4. Select it in OpenResearch

In the OpenResearch app, open Compute > SSH. Test runpod-gpu and make it the default compute target if desired. The machine needs bash, tar, and Python 3.6+.