# Create a TransIP API key

> To connect TransIP, InfraNest needs your account name and an API key (a private key).

Source: https://infranest.io/docs/create-a-transip-api-key
Last updated: 2026-09-30

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Connect your TransIP domains to InfraNest by generating an API key in your TransIP control panel — this guide is for anyone setting up the TransIP integration for the first time.

## Overview
- InfraNest needs two things to connect to TransIP: your **Account name** and an **API key**.
- You generate both from your TransIP control panel, not from InfraNest.
- Once you have them, you'll enter them into InfraNest to finish the connection.

## Create the key
1. Sign in to the TransIP control panel.
2. Go to **Settings → API**.

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3. Turn on API access and generate a key pair.
4. Copy the private key.

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5. Note your account name (your TransIP username) — you'll need it too.

> [!TIP]
> Leave the key's IP-address restriction off (or add InfraNest's IP address) so the key works from InfraNest.

## Next step
1. Go back to InfraNest.
2. Follow the steps to connect TransIP.
3. Enter your account name and private key when prompted.