# Multiple ssh login hosts?
**URL:** https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/multiple-ssh-login-hosts/3909
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/multiple-ssh-login-hosts/3909 "2024-12-05T14:39:35Z")
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### Author:  [@sebastian-burlacu](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/sebastian-burlacu)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/multiple-ssh-login-hosts/3909/1 "2024-12-05T14:39:35Z")
I know I can use a DNS entry to load balance between two hosts, but I would like to define two hosts in the OOD config and have OOD load balance. The reason for this is I have 2FA enabled on the login nodes when they are being connected to from all other sources, except from the OOD server directly, and when I use the load balancer they are behind, it forces 2FA. I am using host based authentication from the OOD server but I can’t do it if the load balancer is in between, because then that becomes the source and forces 2FA. Hope that makes sense. When I define multiple hosts in the login section, it always uses the last one. Thanks for any help.
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### Author:  [@sebastian-burlacu](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/sebastian-burlacu)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/multiple-ssh-login-hosts/3909/2 "2024-12-05T14:58:40Z")
I installed keepalived on the login nodes to pass an IP between them. thus I can hit them ‘directly’ via this virtual IP and if one goes down, I can still hit the other one. this doesn’t distribute the load evenly but it is fault tolerant.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/multiple-ssh-login-hosts/3909/3 "2025-06-03T14:59:34Z")
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