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

May 12, 2026 

[ Containers ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/) 

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>`:

* [  wrangler.jsonc ](#tab-panel-2611)
* [  wrangler.toml ](#tab-panel-2612)

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:

* [  wrangler.jsonc ](#tab-panel-2609)
* [  wrangler.toml ](#tab-panel-2610)

JSONC

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

TOML

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

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

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