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# Connecting to a Yandex Data Processing cluster

After creating a Yandex Data Processing cluster, you can connect to subcluster hosts:

* Over the internet, if you have public access configured for your subcluster.
* From a Yandex Cloud [virtual machine](../../compute/operations/vm-create/create-linux-vm.md) located on the same cloud network.

To connect to your cluster:

1. [Configure security groups](security-groups.md).
1. [Get the host FQDN](fqdn.md).
1. Connect to the host using one of these methods:
    * [Over SSH](connect-ssh.md).
    * Via OS Login using a [standard SSH client](connect-oslogin.md#os-login-ssh) or [Yandex Cloud CLI](connect-oslogin.md#os-login-cli).
    * [From graphical IDEs](connect-ide.md).