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+================
+SSH orchestrator
+================
+
+The SSH orchestrator is an orchestrator module that does not rely on a separate
+system such as Rook or Ansible, but rather manages nodes in a cluster by
+establishing an SSH connection and issuing explicit management commands.
+
+Orchestrator modules only provide services to other modules, which in turn
+provide user interfaces.  To try out the SSH module, you might like
+to use the :ref:`Orchestrator CLI <orchestrator-cli-module>` module.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+- The Python `remoto` library version 0.35 or newer
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The SSH orchestrator can be configured to use an SSH configuration file. This is
+useful for specifying private keys and other SSH connection options.
+
+::
+
+    # ceph config set mgr mgr/ssh/ssh_config_file /path/to/config
+
+An SSH configuration file can be provided without requiring an accessible file
+system path as the method above does.
+
+::
+
+    # ceph ssh set-ssh-config -i /path/to/config
+
+To clear this value use the command:
+
+::
+
+    # ceph ssh clear-ssh-config
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+Instructions for setting up a development environment can be found in the Ceph
+source tree at `src/pybind/mgr/ssh/README.md`.