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name: IX server access — network + SSH
description: How to reach ix.azcomputerguru.com (172.16.3.10) — Tailscale-on means it's directly reachable, no separate VPN. SSH currently uses sshpass with the root password (key auth was never set up after GURU-5070 was reinstalled to Windows 11). Setting up key auth would simplify this.
type: reference
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## Network reachability

- **Host:** `ix.azcomputerguru.com` / `172.16.3.10`
- **Access:** directly reachable when Tailscale is on. No separate VPN connection required.

## SSH

> **VERIFY 2026-05-26** — the no-key-auth note was written under the old CachyOS install on GURU-5070; the machine is now Windows 11. Re-confirm whether key auth got set up before relying on the sshpass fallback below.

- **User:** `root`
- **Password:** vault — see `credentials.md` or SOPS.
- **SSH key auth:** NOT configured from GURU-5070 (the old `guru@wsl` key was authorized but the workstation was reinstalled; new pubkey hasn't been added to IX's `authorized_keys` yet).
- **Current workflow (sshpass):**
  ```bash
  sshpass -p "$PASSWORD" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o PubkeyAuthentication=no root@172.16.3.10
  ```
- **Suppress sshpass warnings:** pipe through `grep -v WARNING | grep -v 'not using'` or `tail`.

**Recommended:** add GURU-5070's pubkey to IX's `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` to drop the sshpass dance.