diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 11182d7c8..c80bef661 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ include:
 variables:
   GOVERSION: "1.16.9"
 
+before_script:
+  - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
+  - eval `ssh-agent -s`
+  - mkdir -p /root/.ssh
+  - chmod 700 /root/.ssh
+  - cp $AWS_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY /root/.ssh/id_rsa
+  - chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_rsa
+  - ssh-add /root/.ssh/id_rsa
+
 stages:
   - lint
   - test
@@ -200,5 +209,6 @@ deploy ec2 instance:
     - AMI=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - SECURITY_GROUP=$(aws ec2 describe-security-groups --filter Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978 --query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters 'Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978' 'Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a' --query 'Subnets[0].SubnetId' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
-    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --count 1 --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID
-    - PUBLIC_IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters 'Name=tag:Name, Values=Single_Node_Deployment' 'Name=instance-state-name, Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
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+    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --count 1 --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID --key-pair "AWS_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY"
+    - PUBLIC_IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters 'Name=tag:Name, Values=Single_Node_Deployment' 'Name=instance-state-name, Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    - echo $PUBLIC_IP
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